A young man stands in ... Frame:black

A young man stands in ... Frame:blackA young man stands in front of huts in the village of Umm al Khashab. 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.

He holds a rifle over his shoulder and is facing to the left

In the central foreground a tall date palm grows in the sand amongst scattered salt bushes and clumps of qassis (sedge) on a salt flat

The shore is lined with 'arish huts

one is playing musical instrument

In the far distance a member of the party stands at the top of a high dune

into which a tuft of feathers has been stuffed into its barrel

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking across a dune in the Ghanim Sands

Sideways with Daffodil by Sue Johnson 2011

Behind her

In the background large deciduous trees grow below a steep rock wall

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at a well in Al Batin or Al Dhafra sands

In the distance beyond the square stone Shindagha watchtower rises high above nearby 'arish huts and beached dhows (sailboats)