Profile portrait of 'Amair bin ... Size:large

Profile portrait of 'Amair bin ... Size:largeProfile portrait of 'Amair bin 'Omar, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq, near the Dhahir mountains north of Al Ain. The party is travelling from Al Ain to Jabal Sumeini. 'Amair bin 'Omar, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, rests on his camel. His camel stands on a clump of sedge on the side of a sand dune. 'Amair bin 'Omar's face is shaded from the sun by his

In the background two stone buildings border sit behind the square

A number of Arab and Bedouin men and camels stand around a well

and the third from the rear mast

made from date palm fronds

standing and sitting

and a tied headscarf

wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum

In the far distance a line of low hills rises behind the buildings

A flag files from a flagpole atop the tower

People walk across a town square lined with two storey buildings

At the bow of the ship one man perches on the boom behind the sail

Half length portrait of tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain