Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Special Orders

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Special OrdersPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground three men stand in a well, while in the background two other members of the party and a camel wait behind the well. 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.

wearing a large dagger in the scabbard across his waist

Seated portrait of an Arab man of the Al Bu Shams in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

with a boy standing in the foreground

her inner robe is of silk

Wilfred Thesiger's party hauling water from a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn

View of a large chorten at the monastery at Hemis

Behind him a number of trees and tufts of vegetation grow in the rolling sands

on the far side of the creek

Lhasa head-dresses and jewellery

Muhammad bin Fadil sits astride his camel

The beaded plait tied around the hair and the buttons and beads sewn on the textile are clearly visible in this image

Portrait of an elderly man (named Muhammad)