Portrait of a member of ... Portraits of notable peoplePortrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance beyond dunes with sharp crests stretch out to the far horizon. 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.
with members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their mules near a chorten in the foreground
The high mountains encircling Lhasa can be seen in the distance with low clouds touching their peaks
watched by several others
wearing a light coloured thobe (shirt) and a checked ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope)
It is saddled and wearing the traditional form of guiding harness
A few sprigs of dry grass lie in the sand
The near rock wall of the wadi is visible in the right foreground
View of mounds of rocks and boulders sitting on a vast dry plain in the area surrounding the city of Abha
The camel is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle on its back
In the foreground a few people stand near a well
A peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand on the crest of a sand dune
part of a camel caravan resting outside the city gates of Al Mukalla
