Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in ... Frame:black

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in ... Frame:blackWilfred Thesiger's party resting in a wadi during their journey from Dahal well to Qabr Hud well. 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.

Portrait of two tribesmen and a boy standing on boulders in Jabal Qara

which rises to a point at the far right

In the far distance Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) rises in the background towards the left

Exterior view of a sarifa (house)

In the central foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions rides his camel up the face of the dune accompanied by Warad

620 metres) at the right of the image

Portrait of a teenaged boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad

Beyond distant dune massifs with deeply ridged sides sit along the edge of the flat

which rises to a crest in the central distance

In the far background behind them low rolling dunes dotted with tufts of vegetation stretch out into the distance

View of giant lobelias growing near Mount Buahit in the Simien range of mountains

In the foreground a line of boys