Camel tracks in the Empty Quarter Size:large

Camel tracks in the Empty Quarter Size:largeDue 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 background

The two men sitting in the centre are falconers in the the hunting party

In the far distance the crests of far dunes sit along the horizon below a vast cloudless sky

where members of the British Association had been invited to visit

sitting astride a saddled camel

Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948

Pargo Kaling

rest on their mounts beside a small bush

taken from near the top of the Kachi Kuni Pass

All the men wear thobes (long shirts) and headscarves (ghutra)

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

which is made of carved wood