Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Portraits of notable people

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Portraits of notable peopleWilfred 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.

The south face of the Potala with the village of Sho in the foreground

holding a rifle across his lap

In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra filled with passengers

One half is two storeys high

View of a young man lying on the ground having his hair dressed by another man

stands beside Hamad in the well (right)

In the foreground a man carrying a young boy and two women stand in a narrow street lined with shops

and kitchen goods

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

with trees in the foreground

In the far background houses line the far side of the creek

View of Lake Turkana (with South Island just visible)