View of a group of ... IranView of a group of Utaybah Bedouin tribesmen at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells. The men stand near the opening of the well and are surrounded by a herd of goats. This photograph was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near Jiddah. 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.
The men are using a rope and a pulley made of wood to haul water from the well
on their way to a circumcision lodge
A look out post sits at the summit of the mountain
walk along the crest of a dune with their camels
Three-quarter length portrait of a young Bedouin boy near the town of Ash Shihr
In the background the sand is bare of vegetation
Men stand in a circle around a group of four drummers
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking along a high mountain path during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat
View of the Wadi Baish in flood
In the background a line of trees and bushes grow on a ridge of sand
which rises to a crest in the central distance
To the right two donkeys stand beside the coils of rope