Close up profile portrait of ... Thesiger Collection

Close up profile portrait of ... Thesiger CollectionClose up profile portrait of a camel, owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950, at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. The camel faces towards the right (only its head and neck are visible). It is wearing the traditional form of guiding harness, which consists of a chain halter, a neck rope, and a head rope. In the background a vast expanse of pebbly and sandy ground stretches out to the

turned slightly towards the right foreground

In the far distance on the right a mountain rises along the horizon

View (looking southward from Tewa pueblo) of Sichomovi pueblo (in the middle distance) and Walpi pueblo (in the far distance)

More men rest on the deck of the boat

a waistcoat and cartridge belt with silver studded leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt)

In the far left distance a square stone watchtower

View of a tall round watchtower in the town of Badr

with several women standing outside

and a balam (flat-bottomed boat) being poled forward by a woman behind

Seated profile portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya

with the Kenyan mainland visible in the distance

) at Ghayl bin Yamayn