Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Africa

Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... AfricaGroup portrait of sailors hoisting the main sail on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Sailors stand on the deck of a dhow. They all hold onto a thick rope and lean to the left. Behind them the dhow's main sail hangs in the air. In the near right foreground a lifeboat filled with sails and rigging sits on the deck of the dhow. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island.

In some cases a coil (tach) made from papyrus reed or grass is used to balance the pot on the head

has two skull cups

a few people pass through the fort's entrance

Behind the camel bushes grow in the sand

In the background Jebel Kawr rises high above the flat in the far distance

View of boats

sitting in a doorway

View of the bow of a beached sambuk (sailboat) under repair beached at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden

wearing a tunic made of animal pelts

with Irhil M'Goun (4

In the foreground donkey drinks from a trough at an open air market

Behind him a pile of firewood sits in the sand on the right