View of a dhow (sailboat) ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of a dhow (sailboat) ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of a dhow (sailboat) being repaired on the waterfront in the coastal city of Jizan. In the foreground piles of wood lie on the beach next to a dhow under repair. In the far distance a number of dhows are beached in the sand. 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.

facing towards the foreground

The shaved strip on his head shows he has not been circumcised

A coffee urn sits on the fire

leaning his head on a stick

On the left the remains of four columns stand next to a house

There are some monks standing on a bridge at the bottom of the image

Two of Wilfred Thesiger's party

Views of a dhow moored off the beach at Tajura on the Djibouti coast

elephant tusk in background

On the right two young boys are loading a small donkey

A young man wearing a palm head-dress and long sword over his wraparound skirt stands in the foreground

domed building with extensions and columns in front