View of a member of ... Afghanistan

View of a member of ... AfghanistanView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The man is holding a rifle on his shoulder. In the background dunes continue into the far distance. 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.

A boy wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and wraparound skirt stands in sand on the left

In the far distance a steep faced rocky mountain rises above the flat

stands at the furthest left

There is a large open space in the foreground where people can clearly be seen

with cattle in a corral in the foreground

He is holding a long handled pan next to the fire

Back view of a nomad woman showing long strip of cloth attached to several thin plaits of hair

Portrait of a man and two boys of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well

Ruined buildings at the foot of a hill

rides across a vast salt plain (sabkha) dotted with salt bushes

On the right the curved crests of two nearer dunes rise up above the lower sands surrounding them

sheep and goats stand by the well