Portrait of three Bayt Kathir ... George Dixon Aked

Portrait of three Bayt Kathir ... George Dixon AkedPortrait of three Bayt Kathir Bedouin in the region between Hanun well and the north slopes of Jabal Qara. Two boys lean against a man sitting on stoney ground. Musallim bin Anauf, the fifteen year old son of Salim bin Turkia, sits on the left. Musallim bin Anauf is from the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin. 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

and has a khanjar (dagger) tucked into his belt

which was built in 1934-36

beyond which more dunes rise in the far distance

The young man in white shirt riding an ox may be too young to adorn the traditional funeral attire reserved mainly for mature respected elders but still he has to learn the art

a Sunday and therefore a day off for the Mission staff

Full length portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides standing in a valley on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain

He wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf

standing and kneeling around the animal

holidng a coffee-pot and two cups

Close up portrait of three boys in the town of Al Qunfidhah

in the lower Wadi 'Aydim

On the right