Madan men in boats in the Marshes Thesiger CollectionView of two boats amidst the water buttercup, or crowfoot (ranunculus aquatilis), in flower, growing in the Marshes. 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.
The man is wearing his daggers (jambiya or khanjar) in a horizontal manner in a style typical of this region
In the far distance a vast rocky plain spreads out below a far mountain
wearing a decorated hat
In the far left background another member of the party stands beside a bare bush
He holds a camel stick in one hand and a falcon in the other
a stretch of water that separates Abu Dhabi Island from the mainland
He is holding on to a large sail that is spread out across the background
In the foreground a line of footprints marks the wind-rippled sand
dotted with sparse points of vegetation
Seated group portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with tribesmen of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn
Full-length group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger standing with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
On the left a man crouches on the ground with his rifle
