The Four Abbots of Sera Monastery Frame:natural

The Four Abbots of Sera Monastery Frame:naturalThe four abbots of Sera Monastery 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.

In the right background a single storey stone building sits along the far edge of the square

Both camels face forward

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Yahyah bin Haji Yasin of the Bani Hatcham tribe

In the foreground people with palm mats

which are auspicious emblems used as roof decoration

from where Wilfred Thesiger sailed after his Awash expedition

Salim bin Ghabaisha crouches on a rocky outcrop looking at a piece of plant that he is holding in his hand

Their headdresses of animal fur and ostrich plumes are typical of the period

In the background at the far right a saluki dog stands at attention below a far dune

Full length standing portrait of a man wearing two daggers in straight sheaths over his thobe (shirt) in the city of Abha

looking north from the summit of Mount Nyiru

In the foreground four tall date palm trees grow in a depression