Thesiger's party digging out a well Iraq

Thesiger's party digging out a well IraqView of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party digging out a well in the Batin sands. 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.

In the background number of people walk along a market thoroughfare

Tracks of a pelican in the Uruq al Awarik sands

with a river in the distance

The nearest boom flies three sails

He wears a cartridge belt and leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped around his head

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain

braiding the hair of another man

The boat has two sets of rowing oars

Standing portrait of two falconers in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

Further along large dhows (sailboats) sit in shallow water and on the beach

View of people sitting around the hull of an unfinished boat inside some kind of shelter

In the foreground a pile of mustard straw surrounding a torma offering of butter and barley flour can be seen in the middle of the street