Monks blowing trumpets Tibet

Monks blowing trumpets TibetDue 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.

The mangalah is made of cloth and edged with leather

dragging a camel (from Wilfred Thesiger's caravan) across the Kerio River after it had refused to cross

wearing the sacred black shirt distinctive of the religious order

and a small rowboat is moored in the water at the right

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)

Portrait of a peregrine falcon sitting on a falconer's arm in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis

or Chakpori

View of a gorge

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Muhammad bin Kalut

sits second from the left

beside a hooded peregrine falcon perched on a mangalah (cuff)

Full length standing portrait of a man wearing two daggers in straight sheaths over his thobe (shirt) in the city of Abha