Crossing the Awash River John K. Hillers

Crossing the Awash River John K. HillersView of Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party crossing the Awash River, with laden camels in the foreground. 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.

This mask represents the Guardian of the Cemetery figure who appears frequently in Tibetan drama

a samurai and officer (performing the function of deputy secretary) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France

Wilfred Thesiger wears a cartridge belt on leather suspenders over his white thobe (shirt) and a plain headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope)

in front of another tent made of woven mats

holding a peregrine falcon (shahin) in the sands near Al Ain

with a building and two chortens in the foreground

Buildings at Abha

On the right houses made of coral abut the road

View of a dhow in Dubai Creek at sunset

A saddled thoroughbred Omani camel belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is couched in the sand facing forward

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin

In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions walks with his camel across a flat rocky plain