Wilfred Thesiger's party in a ... India

Wilfred Thesiger's party in a ... IndiaWilfred Thesiger's party in a wadi at Fughmah. 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 Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking towards a high dune in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands

A dhow sails directly into the foreground

stands on a MacQueen's Bustard in a patch of sand littered with small pebbles

Portrait of a boy with plaited hair

and sustained intimate relations to them

View of a mountain range in the region surrounding the village of Sawda

In the background many more dhows are moored together close to shore

pulling a balam (flat bottomed boat) which has its main sail raised

making coffee in the sands near Al Ain

In the near distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand alongside their camels at their camp

In the centre of the group a man and a boy are gutting fish

In the background the sand dune rises up to a high peak