Waterproofing Thesiger's tarada Frame:white

Waterproofing Thesiger's tarada Frame:whiteView of two men waterproofing the upturned hull of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) with pitch. 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.

This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 10-18

View of a rocky plain

A small baqqarah is moored in shallow water with its sails tied down to its yard

In the distance beyond a vast sand flat stretches uninterrupted into the far distance

one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions

The mounted falconer second from the right is likely Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

View of men carrying bags on their backs up a steep path on a cliff

wearing a band round his forehead to which he has fastened the stuffed skins of small birds he has shot with his bow and arrows

The crowd of spectators are standing and sitting at the edge of the dance arena

Some of the men also wear khanjars (daggers) on cartridge belts over their thobe

she is wearing bracelets on her arms and wrists

View of a beached sambuk (sailboat) under repair at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden