Konso grave carvings Frame:white

Konso grave carvings Frame:whiteView of two carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave. 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.

He is cradling a bag

with only a single entrance

Salih and Raikan accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from Al Ain to Al Dhafra sands

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the four members of his travelling party who accompanied him on his first crossing of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter)

a braided neck rope and has a thick black head rope

On the right a second pair of men steer the ship's tiller

In the background a child stands beside a two-wheeled cart

View of a large dune in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

or crowfoot (ranunculus aquatilis)

In the background at the far right a saluki dog stands at attention below a far dune

a type of dhow) moored off the beach at Kuwait

His hands are clasped together in his lap on top of his dark bisht (robe) which he wears over a light coloured thobe (long shirt)