View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:black

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:blackView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah. 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.

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the region between Dahal well and Qabr Hud well

A falconer's mangalah (cuff used to carry the falcon) and the falcon's hood lies in the sand next to the wakir

In the right background a watchtower sits alongside a grove of date palms

Crowds gather round to watch the ritual as the man stands on the top of the pole preparing to position himself to spin round

two men and a teenaged boy

The boy stands on the edge of a well

He is wearing a plain headscarf and a thobe (shirt)

Two male members of household standing behind

four of whom are standing holding poling sticks

View of people with six laden camels crossing the desert plain of the Dasht-i Lut ('Desert of Lot')

The peregrine holds its wings out around the bustard to shield its prey

and three boys