Thesiger's party Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Thesiger's party Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Batin sands south of Liwa oasis. 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.

Full length standing portrait of two Arab men in front of a rock wall in Dubai

View of locals sitting alongside a dhow (sailboat) beached on the shore at Dubai Creek

View of a caravan of Kandari nomads with loaded camels and mules

where members of the British Association had been invited to visit

wearing beaded and metal jewellery around their necks and on their arms

Close-up portrait of a young Samburu man

with giant groundsel in the foreground

heavily loaded dhow use punt poles to push their boat away from shore

View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha

The people have gathered to celebrate the festival of Eid at the end of Ramadan

View of a boy standing on a raft made from bulrushes

On the right the curved crests of two nearer dunes rise up above the lower sands surrounding them