Side view of two booms ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauSide view of two booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. Two booms, one in the left foreground and one further behind, are moored in flat water. Large cloth canopies have been erected over the deck of the dhow in the back right. The sea around the dhows is rippled by gentle waves, while above the sky is clear and cloudless. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any
one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party
which served as the old British Legation buildings in Addis Ababa (prior to the construction of a new building in 1910-11)
In the far distance a high ridge of mountains rises high above the horizon
among papyrus stalks in a swamp
Group of Zulu women dressing each other's hair
resting his hands on his thighs
two stones and other items lie in the sand
In the foreground a man walks past an abra (ferry boat) with a cloth canopy sitting in shallow water on the right
View of people gathered at the wells at Ilaut
In the distance rolling dunes
being towed with a rope by three young men walking at the water's edge
Sertreng ceremony (tshogs mchod ser spreng) on the 30th day of the 2nd Tibetan month