Half length standing portrait of ... Type:art print

Half length standing portrait of ... Type:art printHalf length standing portrait of a tribesman of the Duru Bedouin at Al Ain. A man from the Duru Bedouin tribe stands in half profile, looking into the far left distance. He has a grey beard and wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt over his coloured thobe (long shirt) and an embroidered ghutra (headscarf). In the distance behind him light clouds float across the sky. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time

The characteristic dotted initiation scars along the youth's forehead are visible reaching across to the ear

during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain

sits beside a kettle on a fire

wearing distinctive round hats

On the left two men sit on a mat on the deck of a dhow

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with two camels in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands

riding his own camel with a few camels tethered along behind him

Yapshi Lungdun

loading them up for their journey

In front of him a black goat drinks water from a hawd

View of multi-storeyed buildings at Oraibi pueblo on Third Mesa

Musallim bin al Kamam