River in the Alingar valley Frame:white

River in the Alingar valley Frame:whiteView of a river flowing down the Alingar valley, with mountains in the distance. 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 distance more bushes and trees stretch out across flat sands

Each man wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt)

one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions

In the background another man leans on the yard

a settlement comprising several households in the same enclosure

In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) is sailing up the creek

Equipment and supplies lie scattered around them

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

a rifle and blankets are scattered on the ground under the tree

facing towards the left

She is returning home from market where she has exchanged butter for some grain which she carries over her shoulder

in which one passenger is standing