Portrait of a elderly tribesman ... Frame:none

Portrait of a elderly tribesman ... Frame:nonePortrait of a elderly tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin sitting on the ground at Wilfred Thesiger's camp in Wadi Hawshi. 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.

and many have wooden grates and bars covering their windows

This is the first picture of Hamad bin Saadna taken by Wilfred Thesiger

A fourth woman stands to the right of the group

A little domed roof is above the entrance

In the far background two ceramic cups rest on top of a bag

Two are sitting on the ground

some with wind towers (barjeel)

In the central foreground another man stands behind a large camel in front of a few salt bushes growing on a sand dune

Behind them

during the party's journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat

A man in a white thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) stands next to the stern of the baghla

On the right a forth member of the party walks between two couched camels