Fur men with a dead lion Tibet

Fur men with a dead lion TibetGroup portrait of men, standing, several of whom are holding spears, gathered around a dead lion shot by Wilfred Thesiger to spare them from losing further livestock. 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.

wearing plaited conical hats (typical of the Tihama region of Yemen)

View of the monolithic rock-hewn church of Giorgis at Lalibela

In the foreground three men sit in a circle on the sand

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party unloading camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

View of the town of Ras Al Khaimah

holding on to rigging ropes with one arm

View a valley

aiming a bow and arrow

In the foreground men stand in the tide beside a dhow

In the background the stepped watchtower of Al Jahili fort sits on the slope of a dune

View of rooftops and a rooftop shelter in the city of Abha

In the centre background is a group of square huts (locally known as arish) made of date palm fronds built on to a slight slope