Group portrait of three members ... Frame:natural

Group portrait of three members ... Frame:naturalGroup portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party, tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin, kneeling on the ground during the party's journey from Wadi Animrit to the town of Al Saum. The man in the centre is holding a rifle. 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.

identifying him as currently undergoing the initiation ceremony

The hut is made from palms and has a round domed roof and entrances reinforced with adobe

The sand they are crossing is bare and marked with small wave patterns

a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions

Nearby a woman sits on the ground

View of cultivated land in the Alamut valley ('Valley of the Assassins')

Drepung Monastery can be seen in the background

Behind them a large tree grows

a rock escarpment

The women were on their way to Dubai from Al Ain

Behind him the large wooden door is decorated with brass strips and heavy rivets

View of Maasai man trimming his finger nails whilst having his hair braided and adorned by another man