Close up portrait of camels ... Sue Johnson

Close up portrait of camels ... Sue JohnsonClose up portrait of camels at a well near Sharjah city. Many camels crowd together waiting for their chance to drink at a well. On the far right, the back of a man's ghutra (headscarf) is visible. 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.

with buffaloes prominent at the left and centre of the image

Group of Zulu women dressing each other's hair

Behind them a crowd waits beside the well while a few men use ropes and pulleys to get water from the well

heavily loaded dhow use punt poles to push their boat away from shore

ride camels across the crest of low continuous dune

rock faced mountain rises in the far distance

looking out towards the left

He wears a light coloured waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra (headscarf) tied high on his head

while on the right a few men are hauling water

with Irhil M'Goun (4

A Batina camel stands in sand and sparse dry grass

In the near distance two groups of camels are couched in the centre and left background in front of a low dune ridge