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Half length portrait of an ... Frame:whiteHalf length portrait of an Arab man in hills near the town of Qalat Bishah. He is holding a dagger in his hands. In the background two children walk across a rocky hillside. 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.

Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad and his extended family in the Ramlat ar Rabbad for a few days during their first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946

A large thoroughbred camel stands in profile facing towards the right

On the far left Hamad

Behind them sailboats (dhows) are moored close to the shore

Standing profile portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Arab guides atop Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain

View of a vast sandy wadi in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif

On the right a saddled camel is couched in the sand

At the centre a group of men sit to one side of the boat's mast

Behind him on the left cattle drink from a large trough

Behind them a number of low mud brick houses sit in the background

leaning on a bow and carrying two quivers (of arrows) over his left shoulder

Behind them on the left two boys stand watching the men