Portrait of a thoroughbred Omani ...

Portrait of a thoroughbred Omani ...Portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel at a well in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands facing forward in the near foreground. A nose pin goes through the nostrils of the camel and its wearing a chain and cord head rope. Behind it another saddled camel stands in the right background, while in the left background small tufts of vegetation grow scattered in the sand.

Portrait of a thoroughbred Omani camel at a well in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands facing forward in the near foreground. A nose pin goes through the nostrils of the camel and its wearing a chain and cord head rope. Behind it another saddled camel stands in the right background, while in the left background small tufts of vegetation grow scattered in the sand. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger stayed with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain and joined him on a number of hunting excursions.

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.