Portrait of Rai al Raqiqa ... Size:mediumPortrait of Rai al Raqiqa, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Rai al Raqiqa is a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin. 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.
turned slightly towards the right foreground
A low rock escarpment rises above the plain at the far right
In the foreground a boom sits in calm water rippled by gentle waves below a cloudless sky
A young Arab man kneels in sand
and in the distance more ridged dunes mark the horizon
View of rooftops in the hamlet of Sho at the foot of the southern face of the Potala
Two men stand in the foreground next to a saddled animal
Wilfred Thesiger's party resting beneath a tree during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat
In the background large ghada trees grow along the slope
Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin
In the foreground two men stand in a small rowboat
being led by several boys with drawn daggers
