Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in ... George Dixon Aked

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in ... George Dixon AkedWilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi during their journey to Al Mukalla. 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.

Portrait of a elderly tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at Wilfred Thesiger's camp in Wadi Hawshi

The banner in the foreground is especially elaborate

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking along a high mountain path during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat

and leans heavily on the camel stick in his left hand

At the centre a man in a light coloured thobe (long shirt) pulls on the head rope of a saddled camel

Close up portrait of an elderly Bedouin man standing in front of a wall in Dubai

Group portrait of four young men

One of the women carries a bowl wrapped in cloth on her head

where the British Mission under Sir Basil Gould was staying

the son of Saida Khan

View of Santo Domingo pueblo

captured in a humorous moment in relaxed fashion despite the posed formality of the group