Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Portraits of notable people

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Portraits of notable peopleWilfred Thesiger's party in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. 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 tying sails

Behind the men two trees grow together in a wide open field with grass and shrubs

When this picture was taken Qasr Al Hosn fort was the home of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Three of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions rest with a camel in the shade of two tall ghaf trees [Prosopis cineraria]

The party walks past tufts of fresh qassis (sedge) growing on the dune

View of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai

formed from bundles of giant reeds

In the left background a single masted dhow is moored further out

leaning his head on a stick

A four-sided watchtower rises high above the village

View of a boy squatting beside a large carved wooden memorial figure

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin