View of a member of ... Tibet

View of a member of ... TibetView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Mughshin Oasis. In the background a large ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] tree grows in the sand. 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.

View of the town of 'Aynat in Wadi Hadhramawt

In some cases a coil (tach) made from papyrus reed or grass is used to balance the pot on the head

Further beyond softly rolling dunes rise above the grove and stretch into a high ridge along the horizon

The men sit together at the side of a large pile of branches

one is playing musical instrument

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a settlement at Fughmah

Two houses or sheds in the foreground

Cloths and a large platter rest on a large dry bush in front of the tent

He wears a light coloured thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head with an 'agal (head rope)

In the distance beyond large trees and shrubs grow between low rolling sand dunes

a type of dhow) raising the mainsail by pulling on ropes

sits between the dunes