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Portrait of a man of ... Frame:blackPortrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. 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.

A field on the left and a barren plain on the right

a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin

He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) draped over his head and chest and a worn thobe (long shirt)

along the horizon

master of a dhow

In the foreground thick clumps of leafy zahra (yellow-flowering tribulus) bloom with small flowers grows alongside clumps of long qassis (sedge)

while on the right a third man beds over the opening

Tsarong wearing ceremonial dress at New Year in 1937

A shade canopy made from palm fronds is built above a reinforced wall separating the creek from the town

including large prayer flags attched to their tops

She is returning home from market where she has exchanged butter for some grain which she carries over her shoulder

past the one and two storey houses lining the shore