Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party ... Frame:gold

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party ... Frame:goldWilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering their camels at Makhari well. 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 the far right background a Bedouin man stands on a dune

View of sailors changing the sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island

A man is pouring water from a bucket into a little pool in front of the camel

In the foreground rope lies on the ground

The gilt cylinder on the left is an auspicious banner

In the foreground boys and men stand in the tide beside a dhow

the 'Sky Dancing Rope Game' or Chakhen Tagshur

looking into the distance

The town of Al Mukalla can be seen in the background

All of the camels are couched except one

Standing full length portrait of a woman and child of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well

Zimchongpa or foot soldiers in ancient armour on the roof of the Jokhang Temple at dawn