Village Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Village Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of a village on a hill, with snowcapped mountains in the background and, trees and bushes in the foreground. 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.

All the men are wearing ghutra (headscarves) and thobe (long shirts) with cartridge belts and khanjar (daggers)

while above them a large white sail flies from a mast

one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers

View of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta

On the left a man sits beside a watchtower in a state of disrepair

as seen from the dzong or fort

View of a tethered peregrine falcon sitting on its block

Monks are gathered around with drums and offerings are laid upon a table in the centre of the temporary enclosure

holding falcons

Each man is holding a rifle

she is wearing several bracelets on her right arm

In the background a few bushes grow in rocky soil