Druze soldier Tibet

Druze soldier TibetPortrait of a man, a soldier (cavalryman), standing, carrying a rifle over his shoulder, holding the reins of his horse. 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.

kneels at the far right holding a camel stick

All the men are wearing ghutra (headscarves) and thobe (long shirts) with cartridge belts and khanjar (daggers)

View of a cluster of spears

the bottoms of which they are using as punting poles

The falcon's body is turned slightly to the left

Thesiger wrote that he was 'a tall man in obviously hard condition

Portrait of a man (named Alaiwa)

depending on the type) which are all necessary in the funeral ceremony called tero buru (driving away death)

On the left a peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand

looking north from the summit of Mount Nyiru

spinning wool using a wooden spindle

brocade holy water bottles and felt and leather boots