View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin ... Frame:gold

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin ... Frame:goldView of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party resting in a rocky wadi bed below Ayun spring, during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy. 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.

after which time it is worn down

'[t]his class of weaving is done exclusively by the men and the work of preparing sacred blankets is always conducted in an estufa

The offering of the Nechung Oracle can be seen on the right

a square stone and coral fort that has a high round watchtower topped with a flagpole on its near corner

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles

The three stand in a line holding rifles in their right hands

holding a covered rifle over his left shoulder

At the back of the dhow

and several large flags being waved overhead

Stonework walls and cropped vegetation are visible

In the near distance a large group of camels are couched in the sand

View of men riding horses across flat terrain