Seated profile portrait of a ...

Seated profile portrait of a ...Seated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The man sits in the sand, facing towards the left. He has a pointed beard and wears a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head and a coloured thobe (long shirt). The wooden handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible at his waist. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and

Seated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The man sits in the sand, facing towards the left. He has a pointed beard and wears a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head and a coloured thobe (long shirt). The wooden handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible at his waist. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger stayed with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain and joined him on a number of hunting excursions.

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.