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a leader of the Herki tribe
stands next to the well opening
The rider is the party's guide
He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono and is carrying a daishō
Laguna's 'earlier location was thirty miles north of the present village
holding spears and headrests
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across the crest of a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis
He is holding a camel stick in his right hand
Further beyond the silhouette of Dubai is visible along the far bank
He wears a patterned ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope)
stands in the central distance in an open area of low grasses and vegetation
In the background large multi-storey buildings sit in front of a long low mountain ridge
