Wilfred Thesiger with a rifle Pakistan

Wilfred Thesiger with a rifle PakistanPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, holding a rifle across his shoulders. This photograph was taken by Omar Ibrahim, Thesiger's Somali headman on his Awash expedition. 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.

used for building houses

standing outside a hut

The sand beneath the camel is entirely bare of any vegetation

one of whom carries the head of a Barbary sheep (shot in the Jabal Meidob hills) over his shoulders

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha

a type of dhow) moored off the beach at Kuwait

the ruler of Dubai

A small canoe is towed behind the dhow

holding a rope

The sand surrounding the well is littered with camel droppings

Salim bin Ghabaisha

wearing beaded necklaces and a hat decorated with many rows of shells