Portrait of sailors on the ... John K. HillersPortrait of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai Creek. On the left two men sit on a mat on the deck of a dhow. On the right a second pair of men steer the ship's tiller. In the background two men work behind the dhow's sails, which are tied to the yard. 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.
follows along at the back of the group
In the foreground on the left a man walks past a tent made of woven mats
Portrait of a member of the Mutayr tribe
recently appointed as Consul-General at Addis Ababa
Over his white thobe (shirt) he wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt and a cartridge belt with leather suspenders
In the far distance a sheer faced rock mountain (likely Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]) sits below the horizon
Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan with a saker falcon
In the far distance beyond rocky mountains rise along the horizon
taken from the elevated site of the castle (now destroyed) at Alamut
The boy is standing in a large empty area
a young Asaimara chief who was killed by warriors of the rival Adoimara Danakil tribe a few days after this photograph was taken
View of an abra (ferry boat) approaching a launch on Dubai Creek
