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Portrait of a man of ... Frame:naturalPortrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin 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.

In the distance behind the falconer tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation grow on a sand flat below a sky streaked with sparse clouds

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

which is grazing on a lone tree growing in the sand

In the foreground bushes grow scattered across a dry riverbed

Portrait of two boys of the Humum Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside a dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands

and beyond a large salt flat (sabkha) dotted with vegetation

In the foreground a man stands beside a hawd

The bridal palanquin

and holding a rifle over his left shoulder

View of dhows (sailboats) moored a below a rock outcrop during Wilfred Thesiger's trip through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers

A pool of water between the trees