View of a group of ... Type:unstretched canvas

View of a group of ... Type:unstretched canvasView of a group of Sa'ar Bedouin from the Bin Maaruf lineage on the move with their camels at Manwakh well. In the foreground young children follow along behind heavily loaded camels, which are walking into the distance. Some of the camels are carrying camel litters made from wood frames covered in cloth. 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

In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands to the right of a tall round stone watchtower

which rises to a point at the far right

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding camels across a sand flat in the Ramlat as Sahmah

made of palm fronds

In the near foreground a camel is couched in the sand

Dhows (sailboats) and rowboats are moored in the shallow water of the creek

Behind is a balcony fence made of carved wood

Street in Shibam

In the background a vast expanse of sand continues into the far distance

In the sand around the tent lay a number of items of clothing and equipment

standing on a sand dune in Al Khatam sands

He wears a decorated cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt)