View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Africa

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... AfricaView of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at a well in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. In the background a qaid dune, a type of high, free standing dune. 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 foreground a man wades through shallow water

On the far left Hamad

In the distance beyond ridges of rolling sand dunes continue to the far horizon

In the far background more trees and small tufts of vegetation grow scattered across the plain

View of moran (warriors) repairing the mud (clay) cattle ramp leading down to Ngasumet well

On the right camels crowd around a mud trough

View of a woman and child walking down a narrow street in Kuwait City

Half length standing portrait of an Iranian porter on a boat in Dubai Creek

On the right four more men stand next to couched camels

Each of the houses is topped with a barjeel (wind tower)

as well as his eating bowl to provide a cold lunch

In the foreground three women and a man are filling water skins