Portrait of Wahiba Bedouin with ... Africa

Portrait of Wahiba Bedouin with ... AfricaPortrait of Wahiba Bedouin with their camels at a well in the Wadi 'Andam. On the left a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, wearing a white wraparound skirt, draws water from a well. At the centre a boy stands, pointing with his camel stick, beside a camel drinking water from a mud trough. In the background camels and a man stand on the flat plain. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred

A few camels graze on the grass and bushes surrounding the tree

on their journey towards Al Humrah sands

steps in foreground leading to inner room where blessings are given

In the far distance a vast expanse of sand dotted with vegetation spreads out behind them

one on each side

fill the town

Thesiger records

The donkey is carrying several large pottery vessels

The young boy at the far right is biting his fingernail

In the near distance members of Wilfred Thesiger's party walk with their camels through rolling sands dotted with plants

View of cattle resting on the ground in front of a hut built within a lorora (circumcision camp) for a circumcision ceremony

View of traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'