Wilfred Thesiger's party saddling up ... Pakistan

Wilfred Thesiger's party saddling up ... PakistanWilfred Thesiger's party saddling up their camels during their journey from Wadi Madi to Al Mukalla. 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.

He wears a suit jacket over a thobe (long shirt)

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing next to his couched camel at Al Maghar well

enclosures built from palm fronds and square adobe houses built of mud

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions lead camels in ones and twos up the side of a tall sloping dune

Seven people kneel close together in the sand

ride camels up softly sloping dune ridges towards a far peak

sitting on the ground during the party's journey from Wadi Musallim to Wadi Hawshi

their people are the best known of all the pueblos and comprise a population of about 700

a low rocky ridge

leaning on a spear

Behind him the ocean is calm with gentle waves

while in the far distance rolling downs continue to the horizon below a cloudless sky