View of one of the ... Type:unstretched canvas

View of one of the ... Type:unstretched canvasView of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A dhow under full sail glides across a flat sea. Men sit crowded together on the deck of the dhow. At the bow of the ship one man perches on the boom behind the sail. At the back of the dhow a cloth covered awning is blown by the wind. A small canoe is towed behind the dhow. In the far distance a

Behind it a second abra is heading out of a line of docked ferries at the boat launch at the side of the creek

In the foreground a hooded peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) next to a large pile of blankets and saddlery gear lying in the sand

View from behind of a young man standing in the prow of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe)

while in the far distance a low rocky outcrop runs along the horizon

Further along on the far side of the creek one and two storey houses made of coral are built close together in the Shindagha district

In the foreground four men holding rifles sit in rocky sand

Laden donkeys walk down the street

The two boys kneel next to each other in the sand

heir apparent to the Emperor Menelik

with a member of Thesiger's party walking in snow formations called névés pénitents in the foreground

The crowd of spectators are standing and sitting at the edge of the dance arena

Men stand in a line in front of a stone wall