View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:white

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:whiteView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah. 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.

A boy wearing a light coloured thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) stands in front of the stern of a beached badan

Another group of men stands behind the dhow on the right

a Bani Yas settlement in the desert sands of Liwa oasis

while on the right an older boy rides alone on a small grey camel

When riding the Tsendron wears a gold hat

On the right a saluki hunting dog rests close by in the sand

The roofs are flat

probably photographed at a market in Nyanza

An Important Ceremony Of Juniper Offerings Is Held Here And An Auspicious Celebration For The Buddha's birthday

on a rocky plain in the foreground

Some of the men also wear khanjars (daggers) on cartridge belts over their thobe

Lay officials have gathered on the verandah to watch proceedings of the 'Sky Archery' competition