Portrait of a man of ... Special Orders

Portrait of a man of ... Special OrdersPortrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin in the region between Ayun pool and Mudayy. 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.

four adults and boy

Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background

View of moran (warriors) repairing the mud (clay) cattle ramp leading down to Ngasumet well

Sichomovi '[i]s the middle village on the summit of the same mesa with W[a]lpi and Tewa

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah

a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

with his mate (named Ahmed) standing behind him

wearing a band round his forehead to which he has fastened the stuffed skins of small birds he has shot with his bow and arrows

Monks in bottom right corner

and in the far distance more dunes line the horizon

Muhammad bin Kalut (left) kneels on his camel

Behind him the large wooden door is decorated with brass strips and heavy rivets