Seated portrait of a boy ... Africa 2

Seated portrait of a boy ... Africa 2Seated portrait of a boy from the Humaydah tribe crouching in front of a hut in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali. 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.

Behind the huts is a large two storey building

In the foreground palm trees grow along the city walls

leaning heavily to the right

north of Al Ain

In the foreground man wades through shallow water

The mounted falconer second from the right is likely Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

holding a saker (hurr) falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain

and kitchen goods

lying on the ground

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

In the foreground a few pieces of cloth and rope hang from the yard of a moored dhow on the left

View of a boy walking past Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai