Waterproofing Thesiger's tarada Type:stretched canvas

Waterproofing Thesiger's tarada Type:stretched canvasView of three men waterproofing the upturned hull of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) with pitch. 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.

hunting bear in the mountains above Rust

at the entrance of a protected house or settlement

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

Sheikh Maziad bin Hamdan of the Al Essa tribe

Behind him tall dry bushes grow

On the right two men stand by a house while a man wearing a cartridge belt and carrying a rifle walks down the road behind them

In the far distance a number of one storey houses are visible

Muhammad al Auf and Salim bin Kabina

The boys sell fresh water

on a rocky plain in the foreground

Portrait of Sulaiman bin Said

The man crouches in the sand looking at a saker (hurr) falcon which he holds on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm