Half length portrait of a ... George Dixon Aked

Half length portrait of a ... George Dixon AkedHalf length portrait of a herds boy of the Rashid Bedouin in the sands near Al Ain. The boy sits in the sand, holding one hand in front of his mouth. He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head and neck and a thobe (shirt). 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.

In the background a few men stroll through the square

are moored in calm water rippled by gentle waves

with Lake Rudolf and mountains in the distance

In the background low rolling dunes stretch off into the distance

the other crouching by the poop rail

depending on the type) which are all necessary in the funeral ceremony called tero buru (driving away death)

Close up standing portrait of a Baluchi porter

leaning on a spear

Standing half length portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam on a rooftop terrace in Dubai

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting beneath a tree during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat

The building on the right has been decorated with ornamental lime plaster

sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin