Seated portrait of an elderly ... Iran

Seated portrait of an elderly ... IranSeated portrait of an elderly tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Manasir encampment in the Baynunah sands. Two men sit in the sand beside a fire surrounded by supplies and equipment. On the right an elderly tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin sits cross legged in front of a bush. He has a thick beard and wears a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped around his head and a light coloured thobe (long shirt). On

He is adjusting the saddle on the camel's back

Behind him a herd of cattle graze

Vines and vegetation hang down from the rocks above

Two thanka depicting scenes from the lives of Lopon Rimpoche and Milarepa

leaning on a stick

a meat prized for its high fat content

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Raydat as Say'ar

A house made from adobe topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles sits in the right foreground

with a river in the background

The pottery vessels built into the thatched roofs help to seal them from rainwater

On the woman's back are large engraved discs of silver

Portrait of two young men