Creek at Dubai Type:art printView of boats in the creek in Dubai, with several people walking in shallow water in the foreground. 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 above the sky is empty of clouds
where Wilfred Thesiger grew up
View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek
In the distance men sail in a small dhow
one of whom carries the head of a Barbary sheep (shot in the Jabal Meidob hills) over his shoulders
Wilfred Thesiger stands at the centre (third from left) holding a camel stick
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading several laden camels across the Muqta to Abu Dhabi island
View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)
View of a leopard driven off its kill and up a tree by a pride of lions
Each boy wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra)
View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi
Behind them the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon
