Musallim bin al Kamam making tea Frame:gold

Musallim bin al Kamam making tea Frame:goldPortrait of Musallim bin al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, kneeling on the ground, making tea. 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.

with a fisherman inspecting his catch in the foreground

The photograph shows the west side of a carved stone zoomorph known by archaeologists as Zoomorph P

while further along a small rowboat is tied alongside the stern

Small shoots of vegetation grow out of the sand across the ground beneath their feet

with people collecting water at the wells in the foreground

with a servant

both seated on the ground

Portrait of a man (named Sulaim)

who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party to Muwaiji

taken in 1949

In the far background at the right a barjeel (wind-tower) can be seen above the wall of an enclosure attached to the back of the house

in which one passenger is standing