View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees in the Jedda southwest of Mughshin Oasis, during the party's journey to Wadi Katabit. 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.

between the houses

Seated group portrait of Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn

The hut is constructed from mats woven from palm fronds

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the region of the Wadi al 'Ayn

Half length portrait of a fisherman at Shindagha beach in Dubai

View of five members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party butchering a camel at Mughshin Oasis

Full length standing portrait of a nakhoda at Dubai Creek

In the centre a little boy removes a saddle from a couched camel

a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

Behind them a tent made of woven palm mats has been erected in the sand

crescent-shaped dune

Some of the houses have domed roofs where the villagers are short of timber for beams