View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Afghanistan

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... AfghanistanView of Wilfred Thesiger's party climbing the crest of a high dune in the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions lead camels in ones and twos up the side of a tall sloping dune. 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.

preparing ochre

"Iron Hill"

with the Qandil range of mountains in the distance

a flower vase

from where Wilfred Thesiger sailed after his Awash expedition

Musallim bin Al Kamam wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and leather suspenders

a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin

In the foreground clumps of vegetation grow in uneven sand

in front of them is a water-pipe

with the snow-covered Atlas Mountains visible in the distance

View of houses at Kara

Dhows on the water