View of the stern of ... ArabiaView of the stern of a sambuk (sailboat) resting on piles at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. The stern of the wooden boat is heavily decorated with wood carving. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
The falconer has a short dark beard and wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt over his light coloured thobe (long shirt)
rides his camel across a flat area followed by a baggage camel on a lead
holding a holding a rifle and camel stick
Portrait of a Bedouin family riding camels in the region surrounding the town of Al Hufuf
A group of men stand on the left
In the background the sand is bare of vegetation
In the distance beyond dhows and other boats are moored along the shore
In the background a two storey building fronted with a wooden canopy borders the square
In the distance beyond two camels graze on vegetation in a vast sand flat
' The wooden structures on either side of the carreta are animal pens with storage platforms and drying racks
One man stands bent over inside the tent
wearing a patterned ghutra (headscarf)