Portrait of a man of ... John K. Hillers

Portrait of a man of ... John K. HillersPortrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. 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.

with buffaloes prominent at the left and centre of the image

gathered next to a windbreak near a cattle byre (luak) at a cattle camp

the Nechung Oracle [the State Oracle of Tibet]

They hold turtle fishing spears

Portrait of a boy at in the town of Dhahran in Qahtan tribal territory

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions on a sand hill in the Al Ain/Buraimi oasis overlooking Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]

In the far distance sparse vegetation grows on a distant sand flat and low wispy clouds stretch across the sky

In the foreground a few pieces of cloth and rope hang from the yard of a moored dhow on the left

In the distance below a large grove of date palms grows in the Wadi Andhur

and carries a camel stick

a type of high

The garment is first made as a blanket