Side view of a kotia ... Frame:none

Side view of a kotia ... Frame:noneSide view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, bow pointing to the right. A man stands on the deck. In the distance beyond the kotia a vast empty ocean continues to the horizon below a lightly cloudy sky. 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.

Portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides with a camel at Haluf well in the Wadi Haluf near Haluf well

He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a belt

a bare dune slope rises in ridges to the right

a solitary bird flying above

crouches in the right foreground

Behind them are a number of camels loaded with baggage and camel litters

Profile portrait of an Arab man

In the distance a few dhows are moored in the water

Full length standing portrait of a nakhoda at Dubai Creek

Behind them dhows are moored in shallow water close to shore

A group of monks

In the far background Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) mountain rises high above the plain