View of two members of ... Size:large

View of two members of ... Size:largeView of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding their camels in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Each of the camels is grazing on a bush in the midst of a large sand flat. 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 Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis

holding a set of prayer beads

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding through dunes in the Ghanim Sands

while on the left baggage lies beside a large shrub

and in the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows across a vast plain of flat sand bordered at the horizon with a line of sand dunes

Wilfred Thesiger's party hauling water from a well in the Wadi al 'Ayn

Five members of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party and two camels stand beside a well

View of an abra (ferry boat) in Dubai Creek

holding a large pot

On the left a group of water sellers stand in the tide loading filled water skins onto donkeys

Portrait of three men sitting inside a house in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah

being towed with a rope by three young men walking at the water's edge