Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ... Type:unstretched canvas

Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under ... Type:unstretched canvasWilfred Thesiger's party resting under trees in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands on the right, holding a camel by its head rope. 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.

with a man standing beside her

In the background three large ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the distance

Buildings at Seiyun

Salim bin Turkia

Portrait of a young man of the Qara tribe sitting on sand in the Wadi Darbat

On the far right Sahail bin Tahi

Further back a larger dhow and a rowboat are beached in low water

One of these men is holding a bowl

resting in the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis

Behind the abra a line of ferries are docked at a ferry boat launch at the side of the creek

In the distance palm trees grow along the bottom of the mountain slopes that surround Tarim

with a priest standing by its entrance