Fartus men spear fishing Thesiger Collection

Fartus men spear fishing Thesiger CollectionView of men in boats, spear fishing on Umm al Abid. Each of the boats has one man standing in the bow holding a long five pronged spear, while another man sits, paddling. 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.

In the far right distance

Close-up profile portrait of Lawi

each sitting on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand

with several men standing behind them

rest on their mounts beside a small bush

while another man sits

The women have large baskets with them

Portrait of a boy standing on the prow of a canoe

holding a peregrine falcon on one arm

carrying a knife around his waist

More houses are behind it

a 92-gun vessel of the Royal Naval