View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Pakistan

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... PakistanView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending the steep slope of a high dune face in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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.

in a tasselled case

Portrait of two older Mahra Bedouin men resting at Habarut wells

A falconer in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a khanjar (dagger) on a leather belt holds a peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one arm

The wooden handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible at his waist

one man standing

In the near distance a few Bedouin men lead camels across the rocky bottom of a wadi flanked by steep slopes

In the high left

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels towards the horizon through a sloping expanse of low sand dunes

leaning against a wooden frame over the well

holidng a coffee-pot and two cups

built on First Mesa

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands