Portrait of a herds boy ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

Portrait of a herds boy ... Images of Sheikh ZayedPortrait of a herds boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin in Dhofar. 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.

propping himself up with one hand on another nearby yard

Spectators line the route

Salim bin Kabina wears a plain headscarf over his long hair

The "Offerings of the 15th" (the 15th night of the Great Prayer Festival)

In the foreground a large ruin stands at the left

a sailor on board a dhow

In front of the men is the salt flat

In the far distance high cliffs

and an opening at the top

a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin (centre)

and he wears a thick blanket wrapped around his shoulders

Behind them more men stand on the deck of the boom near the main mast