View of tower houses with ... Africa 2

View of tower houses with ... Africa 2View of tower houses with walled exterior courtyards in the town of Qalat Bishah. The buildings are made from zabur (forced earth). In the background a high wall and watchtower sit in front of a grove of date palms. 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.

wearing a head-scarf

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain

View of a group of Arab men racing camels near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain

In the near distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands on the slope of a large dune

On the opposite bank of the creek two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far side of the creek

a settlement for more than six centuries and the northernmost of the Rio Grande pueblos

View of people at a weekly market near Mullu

The near and right portions of the plain are dotted with sparse vegetation

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions aboard a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands

View of boys being paraded around Baydayn village by a crowd of supporters prior to the boys' circumcision

making coffee in the sands near Al Ain

sitting and standing