Close up portrait of Salim ... TibetClose up portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, is bare chested. He sits facing forward, his shoulder length hair bushed straight down on either side of his face. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before
In the foreground a women is shopping for pots at a potter's stall at the side of the street
Musallim bin Al Kamam (right)
a boy walks towards the ruin
a trunk and a rolled up carpet lie at his feet
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah
In the background a two storey house two lattice carved window screens on its second storey
On the right Musallim bin Al Kamam
with cattle in a corral in the foreground
The older man on the left wears a ceremonial bisht (robe) over his waistcoat and thobe (ankle-length shirt)
In the near distance a line of camels gather along a mud trough at at well
In the centre a little boy removes a saddle from a couched camel
The huts are made from palm fronds
