View of two camels belonging ... Iraq

View of two camels belonging ... IraqView of two camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the region of the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan), north of Khaba well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Two saddled camels pause beside a bush on the far left side of a low dune. 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.

One man stands to the right of the group

during the party's journey towards Al Humrah sands

In the foreground on the left a man walks past a tent made of woven mats

Tufts of grass or qassis (sedge) grow in a depression between sand dunes in the central foreground

He is wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra)

Portrait of a young Shilluk man

View of boats beached on the island of Lamu

graze on nearby bushes

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

In the foreground a group of dhows are moored crowded together in Dubai Creek

The Imam of Oman's representative

sitting on a blanket