Thesiger's party Arabia

Thesiger's party ArabiaView flat terrain, with camels and porters from Wilfred Thesiger's caravan in the foreground, and hills in the distance. 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.

She is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle

below the jagged cliffs

Also visible here is the traditional use of cowrie shells (gaagi) on leather belts and headbands

at the entrance of a protected house or settlement

wearing a tall straw hat

On the opposite bank of the creek two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far side of the creek

Portrait of a young woman with plaited hair

walking across flat terrain near Lake Tana

and in the far distance more dunes line the horizon

holding animal skins filled with butter

wearing a turban and shorts)

Desert landscape in the Batin