View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:none

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:noneView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting beneath a tree in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. 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 the foreground a man wades through shallow water

The four men sit in a circle on loose rocks under a limestone overhang

holding the neck rope of one of four saddled camels which stand in a line behind him

In the distance the limestone cliffs of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) rise in jagged peaks high above the plain

stoking the fire with a stick

wearing an elaborate headdress

Portrait of a young woman (named Pabla Tafolla)

The two men stand on either side of the boy in front of a stone wall

carrying a knife in his waistband

its head (covered with a hood) turned towards the left

Behind the boy sand dunes rise in the far background

Men from Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stand around a well