Wells at Shibam Frame:white

Wells at Shibam Frame:whiteView of tall houses at Shibam in the Hadhramaut, with people collecting water at the wells in the foreground. 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.

In the background the minaret of a mosque sits on the right side of the street

kneels on the left

in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain

On the left a large date palm grove is enclosed by a high mud wall

A street in Jeddah

while the man at the centre holds a camel stick

Two large dhows (sailboats) are beached in watery sand at the centre of the creek

View of a group of men resting beneath a tree

standing in the doorway of a mudhif (guest house)

drawing water at Manwakh well

One member of the party is crouched inside the opening of the well

opposite the buildings