Portrait of a young man ... Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a young man ... Thesiger CollectionPortrait of a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin relaxing at a camp in the Raydat as Say'ar. 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 foreground a man walks toward a group of saddled and loaded camels resting beside a low tree

In the centre an older boy wearing a palm head-dress and a long sword over his wraparound skirt stands next to a young man sitting on a donkey loaded with coils of rope

Rain clouds gathering in the sky

In the foreground Musallim bin Al Kamam

sits beside a fire looking into a supply bag

as seen from the dzong or fort

View of rooftops and rooftop shelters in the city of Abha

In the background large palm trees grow on the far side of a dry gravel bed

The man stands looking towards the near left foreground

Half length profile portrait of a young Arab man in the coastal town of Al Birk

He wears a cap and a wraparound skirt

while the young boy sits at the top of the wall in the central foreground