A palm grove at Ghayl ... Miscellaneous

A palm grove at Ghayl ... MiscellaneousA palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn. 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 far background a barjeel (wind-tower) sits on the roof of the house

Two men are working on the bow of the sambuk

He holds a rifle over his shoulder and looks out into the far distance

Behind him the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon

holding a camel by its head rope

and holds its wings out from its body in order to maintain its balance on the bustard and shield its prey from other predators

tree-lined ravine spreads out in the distance below

some decorated with white ornamental lime

stands in the centre of a stretch of flat sand rippled by the wind

The Imam of Oman's representative accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from 'Izz to Al Muwaiji

View of trees and crops growing in a field between the cities of Abha and 'Ar'arah

Bushes and a few small trees grow in the sands surrounding them