View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party loading their camels in the Wadi Qa'ah. 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.

View of buffaloes in the water

In the background large dhows (sailboats) rest on the beach

In the far background the ocean spreads out flat and calm to the far horizon

Behind them a few animals wait by the well

The large building decorated with thick horizontal stripes of plaster is the Sultan's Palace

He has a thick beard and wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt with suspenders over his thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf

The women seem to be on the way to a market with grain pots (agulu) and baskets (adita) on their heads

a retainer to the Wali of Salalah

stands on a sand dune in the left foreground

over his thobe (shirt)

On the right a group of women walk by carrying baskets on their heads

Behind him and just to the right Sahail bin Tahi