Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauWilfred Thesiger's party in the region between Ghayl bin Yumayn and Wadi 'Arf. 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.
Behind the settlement a high ridge of sand dunes stretches out across the horizon below a hazy sky
Jigme Taring in ceremonial gyaluche dress at New Year Ceremonies
At the bottom of the dune a large bush grows on the far left
In the right foreground a Bedouin man stands on the slope of a dune
date palm groves grow on a plain below high dunes that slope up into the far right distance
In the distance beyond 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds border the left side of the flat
Seated portrait of Muhammad bin Shuas and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at Mughshin Oasis
Portrait of a young man at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region
and three women washing metal bowls and cooking pots at the right of the image
The men are sitting in the sand cutting chunks of meat into small pieces
The falconer carries a hooded falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his near arm
a type of dhow) sailing up the Persian Gulf
