Side view of two sambuks ... John K. Hillers

Side view of two sambuks ... John K. HillersSide view of two sambuks (sailboats) beached at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. In the right background a third sambuk is beached in shallow water. 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.

The two men on the right hold long ropes for hauling water

who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from 'Izz to Al Muwaiji

071m) in the High Atlas range of mountains visible in the distance

A stony slope to the left with a large round boulder

A large pile of bones lies on a cloth spread on the sand

A tribesman of the Habab kneels in the sand with one hand on his thigh

He wears a light coloured waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra (headscarf) tied high on his head

In the distance a few multi-storeyed square buildings built from adobe bricks sit tucked into a rise on the far edge of the plain

kneel in pebbly ground

In the distance a ridge of mountains rises in the background

In the foreground locals walk in the square

hauling on a well rope