Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ... George Dixon Aked

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ... George Dixon AkedWilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree in the Wadi al Jiz', near its junction with Wadi Mahrat. 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.

View of member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing with a donkey in a gravelly wadi in the Wadi Tayyah

In the foreground a peregrine falcon perches in profile on a carved wooden wakir (block)

Sir Basil Gould is in the middle distance with horses belonging to the Mission he was leading to Lhasa in the background

The harbour at Al Mukalla

Muhammad's son sits in the sand slicing a piece of meat with a knife

View of a man threshing grain with three harnessed mules

and wears beaded ornaments around his head and neck

He is stirring the contents of a pot with a stick

In the background a large crowd of people stand in the open air market

Tall trees grow in the left and right distance

View of sailors on board a boom (large boat

In the background a large clump of trees grows on the right