Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim ... Africa 2Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits kneeling on his camel. 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 camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party watering at a falaj (irrigation channel) at the southern end of Jabal Hafit
In the foreground a young boy walks beside a dhow (sailboat) that is under construction
while the man at the back of the line rides
a camel stick and the head rope of Wilfred Thesiger's thoroughbred Omani camel
with a crowd of people gathered in foreground
View of pieces of wood laid out on the ground
Bird and Flower Painting by Sue Johnson 2011
riding his own camel with a few camels tethered along behind him
Portrait of a young man with a triangular hair cut standing in a crowd of men from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market
On the right two camels wait for water on the wet ground
In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions unsaddle the party's camels beside a large sand dune
View of a village in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha
