View of a camel descending ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of a camel descending ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of a camel descending a steep dune face in the Bani Ma'arid sands of 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.

and in the background below one and two storey buildings

A fenced enclosure sits in front of it on the sand

while on the right an older boy rides alone on a small grey camel

made from date palm fronds

beside a bush

the mountain overlooking Drepung Monastery

a young Samburu man wearing a black skin cloak and tufted hair style

a Sayid (person having or claiming descent from the Prophet)

Portrait of a youth shortly after his circumcision

A man wearing a taqiyah cap and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) stands in the remains of a demolished building surrounded by houses

The Potala from the southeast taken from the heart of the city

surrounding a round watchtower on all sides