Half length portrait of two ... Alfred MaudslayHalf length portrait of two Utaybah Bedouin boys and a small child at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near Jiddah. A herd of goats stands behind the boys. 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.
The tent is clad in large woven mats made from palm fronds
one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions
Wilfred Thesiger kneels on the right holding a camel stick across his lap
left) and Brian Thesiger (seated)
Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa
Further beyond two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride camels across a stretch of sand dotted with tufts of qassis
A four-sided watchtower rises high above the village
Both women wear burqa (masks) over their faces and black scarves over their upper bodies
Children are playing in the square
A large wound is visible on the hare's neck
another member of Wilfred Thesiger's party and a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir
Behind them the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon
