Sheikh Zayed's hawking party Arabia

Sheikh Zayed's hawking party ArabiaView of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party setting out in the Khatam sands, with a saluki hunting dog in the foreground. 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.

Behind it a second abra is heading out of a line of docked ferries at the boat launch at the side of the creek

In the far right distance

Its mouth is slightly open and the tuft of hair on its neck is blown to the right by the wind

Further back a larger dhow and a rowboat are beached in low water

and has a tattoo on her chin

and some have balconies

holding the reins of a tethered mule

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Liwa oasis

All the men wear thobes (long shirts) and headscarves (ghutra)

wide-brimmed straw hats

View of Al Kathiri Palace in Seiyun

which he rode on the journey to Mughshin