Al bu Daraj boy Frame:black

Al bu Daraj boy Frame:blackPortrait of a boy, a Sayid (person having or claiming descent from the Prophet). He has just been circumcised, as evidenced by his blocked nostrils. 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.

A dhow sails directly into the foreground

In the near right distance an Arab man walks past a tree

The large stone building is covered in plaster and has large wooden lintels over the door and window

a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland

on the day of his coronation as Emperor of Abyssinia

likely a fishing dhow

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

In the central distance a square stone watchtower

Behind him is a pile of blankets

the hills surrounding Gyantse can be seen as well as sections of the town wall on top

A crowd of spectators is sitting on a roof and standing in a doorway behind them

surrounding a round watchtower on all sides