View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Sue Johnson

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Sue JohnsonView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Wadi Qinab during the party's journey to Huliyah 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.

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

The man at the front leads the camels on foot

View of a young man (named Ibach)

View of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta

In the foreground men stand in the tide beside a dhow

On his head he wears a dark patterned ghutra (headscarf) tied over a light taqiyah cap

At the far left

Behind them a number of low mud brick houses sit in the background

View of a group of Bayt Kathir Bedouin men relaxing on a hillside in Wadi Arbat

On the right an Arab falconer from Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party sits in the sand holding a pot

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in camp at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands

The girl is wearing a silver disc on her forehead