Samburu moran Images of Sheikh Zayed

Samburu moran Images of Sheikh ZayedPortrait of a Samburu moran (warrior), decorating himself with red ochre paint. 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.

while a third man wears only a futah (wraparound skirt)

The falcon wears a leather burqa (hood) decorated with a strip of leather

and holds a rifle

In the foreground a boy

below sheer sided dunes

and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work

and holds a piece of a plant in his right hand

likely part of the city walls

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)

View of snow-covered mountains

Over his white thobe (shirt) he wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt and a cartridge belt with leather suspenders

Oarsmen wait beside a line of abra at a ferry launch on Dubai Creek