Portrait of Salim bin Kabina ... Type:unstretched canvasPortrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing on a sand dune in the Wadi Hawshi. 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.
Both men ride camels followed by baggage camels on leads
bare rolling sand dunes stretch into the far horizon
The stern of the wooden boat is heavily decorated with wood carving
They are wearing high conical hats
Further back a number of men and women mill about amongst traders in the midst of the market
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit
At the centre right Mahalhal bin 'Ati
On the right a boy stands beside the mud trough that lies next to the well
In the foreground a group of men and two boys mill about in front of a striped tent erected on sand
A line of tracks leads from the near foreground across a vast dune slope to into the distance
is kneeling in the sand facing to the left
On the left the peregrine stands with its wings spread wide and its talons clasped on the head or neck of the bustard
