Portrait of an elderly Arab ... Sue Johnson

Portrait of an elderly Arab ... Sue JohnsonPortrait of an elderly Arab man squatting on the ground in the Al Qatan region, just west of Shibam. 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.

On the right are houses with several stories

In the foreground a clump of vegetation grows in a mound of sand

The textile extension is fringed at the bottom

with a large herd of goats on rocks in the foreground

Group portrait of boys

Two Arab men wearing thobe (long shirts) and ghutra (headscarves) stand side by side in an open grassy area

In the distance more high dunes rise at the edge of the plain

A large mosque built of stone sits in the foreground

In the far distance

A couched camel rests in the sand on the left

and further beyond Bedouin tend to a large flock of sheep

A falcon perches on the mangalah (cuff) covering the man's arm