Side view of a kotia ... Pakistan

Side view of a kotia ... PakistanSide view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, bow pointing to the right. A man stands on the deck. In the distance beyond the kotia a vast empty ocean continues to the horizon below a lightly cloudy sky. 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.

Four of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions lead their camels across a wide expanse of sand

In the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows on a vast dry plain

resting the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis

View of a city square in the city of Jeddah or At Taif

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the sand at Mughshin Oasis

In the background a flock of sheep gathers behind him

and a low mountain sits in the far background

squatting on a rock

while a third camel waits beside them

located on the east bank of the Rio Grande river

One is wearing a hat made from palm fronds

In the central distance the square Shindagha watchtower rises high above the creek alongside one and two storey houses in the Shindagha district