Portrait of Bedouin men in ... Size:large

Portrait of Bedouin men in ... Size:largePortrait of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing together at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis. Sultan bin Ahmad, a sheikh of the Bayt Sh'asha lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, stands at the centre of the group (second from the left). 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.

View of a large building

Spectators on roof of dwelling

In the background a vast flat plain dotted with bushes stretches out into the far distance

higher watchtower rises in the background

seated on a throne on an ornately carved and painted dais in the Norbu Lingka Palace

sits second from the left

In the foreground a line of footprints marks the wind-rippled sand

Each man is followed by one or two baggage camels that are tethered to his mount

and above the sky is clear and cloudless

rides his camel across a flat plain dotted with salt bushes

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in shade cast by a cluster of trees in the Sharqiyah Sands

In the foreground large clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the steep slope of a high dune