Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner ... Africa 2

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner ... Africa 2Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner with shackles on his feet at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah. 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.

which at this time was imported to Kuwait by boat

sit high up on the slope of the dune

including a man named Kyibu (on right)

kneels on the right next to a pile of firewood

The gilt cylinder on the left is an auspicious banner

He wears a square patterned ghutra (headscarf) draped over his head and shoulders

officials and spectators

On the left men with donkeys

In the centre a man stands on a dhow

View of rolling hills strewn with gravel and rocks in the region surrounding the village of Sawda

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a salt pan in the Ramlat as Sahmah

reclines in the sand