Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Size:small

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Size:smallWilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Ma'adi on the journey to Al Mukalla. 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.

On the left 'arish huts and fences line the shore where two dhows (sailboats) are beached

and a large cloth canopy covers the stern deck

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along a mountain path in the mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan

The boy on the left wears a khanjar (dagger) on a belt over his thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra)

Kyibu on the left [in reversed image

They are from the Sa'ar Bedouin group

The market at Umm Al Khashab

Men and camels around some trees in the desert at Mughshin

A sand dune lies in the foreground

an 'arish hut built of palm fronds sits beneath a tree

and closer still to the camera the collector James Stevenson can be seen talking with a local inhabitant

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