View of an abra (ferry ... Frame:gold

View of an abra (ferry ... Frame:goldView of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. In the left foreground ferries are docked at a ferry boat launch on Dubai creek. Each abra is a rowboat covered with a cloth canopy. Behind the launch a house with two wind towers (barjeel) sits along the creek. 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.

View of a group of Turkana women dancing

The high mountains encircling Lhasa can be seen in the distance with low clouds touching their peaks

This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long sailing trip around the Abu Dhabi Islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan

A mountain in the background

In the background a group of men sit in a circle

holding a spear

On the right a man stands nearby in the sand

Behind the saluki Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (far left) rides at the head of a line of falconers and a young boy riding camels

In the far distance high mountains rise along the far edge of a flat plain

Salim bin Kabina (centre) rides his camel alongside his brother

An Important Ceremony Of Juniper Offerings Is Held Here And An Auspicious Celebration For The Buddha's birthday

the 'habits and customs of the people of this pueblo are the same as those of W[a]lpi and their religious rites and ceremonies are held in common with them