View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:smallView of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping under a tree west of the Hamrat ad Duru region. In the foreground a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions rest beneath a tall tree. In the distance beyond trees and other vegetation grow on the dry, rocky flat, and in the far distance mountains rise above the horizon. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were
In the far right distance
walking at the head of a line of camels
The sheep carries a pair of saddle bags containing his master's barley flour
Beyond the salt-flat more wind-rippled dunes
Their camels are chewing twigs from the bush
In the left background ghaf trees grow across a vast expanse of sand
Exterior view of a mudhif (guest house)
accompanied Wilfred Thesiger on his 1946 journey through the Hejaz region
Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare) after his circumcision
View of a village and farmers' fields in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha
He is wearing a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied closely around his head and a thobe (long shirt)
Beside the tree at the centre a group of people with camels pull water from the well
