Portrait of two young men ... George Dixon AkedPortrait of two young men of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. 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.
High defensive towers sit at intervals along the city walls
A middle-aged man with a thin dark beard kneels in soft sand facing forward
surrounded by a high stone wall
He is carrying a wakir (block) in his right hand
The people stand at the top of a long
A camel is couched in front of the hut
In the foreground a man carrying a young boy and two women stand in a narrow street lined with shops
In the left distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions sits on a camel standing next to a few large bushes growing on the slope of a sand dune dotted with scattered vegetation
Women and a child sit inside the left section of the tent
Behind them two men ride their camels toward the group
In the left foreground cooking pots sit on a ledge in one corner of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort
Behind them on the right a member of the party wearing a taqiyah cap and a thobe (long shirt) stands next to a bush
