Half length semi-profile portrait of ... John K. HillersHalf length semi profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting in camp north of Al Ain during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, half kneels in the sand, resting his right hand in his lap. He wears a silver khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt). Two leather bandoliers cross his chest and
In the background one storey buildings and beached dhows (sailboats) line the shore
low rolling dunes stretch out towards the horizon below a vast cloudless sky
In the background a number of boats sit along the beach
Portrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells
with a camel in the sands near Al Ain
In the distance beyond the ridge continues towards the dune's high peak in the far right distance
Just behind the bush is a deep sand trough which leads to a second dune ridge
a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin (centre)
Portrait of two Bedouin men filling a water-skin at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands
and it looks over its shoulder towards the right
Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare)
its head rope lying on the sand
