Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Frame:natural

Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Frame:naturalGroup portrait of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand together on the deck, pulling on one of two ropes that runs between the men from the left foreground. Behind the men a large sail ripples behind the men. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images,

An Arab falconer in a dark thobe (long shirt) and patterned ghutra (headscarf) stands holding a peregrine falcon

another dressed in leopard skin (pien kwach) and they are all holding either a spear or a club (rungu

Portrait of Bin Kabina holding a rifle

but not when walking

seated with bronzes laid out in foreground

Two men in Wilfred Thesiger's camp

View of a large flock of vultures and marabou storks surrounding an unseen carcass

a retainer to the Wali of Salalah

He wears a light coloured thobe (long shirt) with a square patterned ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head

'[a]s the village is located in a very fertile portion of the Rio Grande valley the inhabitants are devoted to pastural and agricultural pursuits

which rises to a crest in the central distance

He is wearing a hat made from palm fronds