Portrait of a woman of ... Iran

Portrait of a woman of ... IranPortrait of a woman of the Harasis Bedouin sitting on the ground in the region between Boi well and Yisub well in the Jiddat al Harasis. The woman is holding burqa, a stiff black mask, in place over her face. 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 a group of Utaybah Bedouin children standing in the village of Al Qaiyah

View of a vast sandy wadi in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif

Seated group portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions taken during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy

resting in the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis

View of a group of people standing outside Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain

low rolling downs fill the distance to the far horizon

Two of the men are wearing hats made from woven palm leaves

the highest sand dunes in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

and an embroidered headscarf that partially blocks his face from view

gently rippled water

On the left a large Baina tree grows

and there are two round towers