Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp ... Sue Johnson

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp ... Sue JohnsonWilfred Thesiger's party making camp beside a clump of bushes during their journey from the lower Wadi Shihan to Shisr well. 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 foreground a clump of vegetation grows in a mound of sand

Further ahead a saluki hunting dog stands just behind the bush

In the foreground a young boy sits on the arm of a sesame press

A large rolling sand dune fills the foreground

The people stand at the top of a long

stands next to a well pouring water into a mud trough

stands second from the right between two retainers

is less characteristic of the typical terraced formed pueblos

Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan stands second from the right

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party getting water from the well at Shisr

She is wearing large earrings

The woman wears a burqa (mask) over her face and a black scarf over her upper body