Sand dune in Sahma sands Size:medium

Sand dune in Sahma sands Size:mediumView of a distinctive form of large sand dune (known as qaid) in the Sahma sands, typical of those also found in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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.

tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin

wearing traditional dress of kimono with mon (family emblem)

and in the far distance the Ru'us Al Jibal mountains rise high above the horizon

playing a silver church drum which he wears over shoulder

A number of women sit in the shade on the left

On the far left a fourth member of the party crouches on the stoney ground

holding spears and headrests

Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

holding rifles

Group portrait of a woman and three children

a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara)

The bustard lies in the sand with its wings crushed beneath its body