Portrait of two boys of ... Type:stretched canvas

Portrait of two boys of ... Type:stretched canvasPortrait of two boys of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah. 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.

The man holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one hand

pulling on a rope to draw water at Manwakh well

In the background a few men stroll through the square

The boy is playing with one of a few model boats which float in the water around them

In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri Palace is visible

with whom Wilfred Thesiger stayed for a few days during his first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

On the left an elderly man carves into the hump of the camel with his khanjar (dagger)

relatives of Hasan bin Manati

The building is made from zabur (forced earth)

Each of the houses is topped with a barjeel (wind tower)

He wears a cap on his head and a thobe (long shirt)

holding rifles over their shoulders