View of a tree growing ... Africa 2

View of a tree growing ... Africa 2View of a tree growing at the bottom of a steep hill in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir. 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.

Behind them a large crowd of traders move amongst the cows and donkeys standing in the square

A young tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin stands in the foreground wearing a bisht (robe) over his thobe (shirt) and facing forward

A sand fence has been constructed from palm fronds along the crest of the sand dune

Two men sit at the left

near Salalah

a large double masted dhow (sailboas) from India

He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt)

Where its slopes meet the open sand

In the background trees and bushes grow

some in a state of ruin

In the foreground two palms grow in a sandy clearing

It is dotted with small tufts of vegetation