Nuer homestead Type:stretched canvas

Nuer homestead Type:stretched canvasA youth carrying poles across a front yard area of a homestead with a hut to the right. He is making a pole structure in the yard consisting of a number of upright poles with cross members sloping down towards a central horizontal pole. This structure was possibly used to place storage items on top off the ground. 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

In the foreground a few trees and bushes grow amongst a spread of fields

a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin

On the left a man stands in the midst of his merchandise

] The people of Santa Clara have no knowledge or tradition regarding these caves but say they belong to the "Ancients"

sits cross-legged

In the background another large tree grows in the distance on the vast flat plain dotted with vegetation

It is wearing a wooden Omani saddle and a chain halter and neck rope

Nearby three people sit at a stall selling cloths

Traders stand with their pack donkeys at an open air market in front of the palace

Behind them stone buildings line the square

The boys sell fresh water

In the background the crest of the dune continues into the far distance