Portrait of a man of ... Alfred Maudslay

Portrait of a man of ... Alfred MaudslayPortrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. 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.

the Buddha in meditation

In the far background a tree and scattered clumps of vegetation grow on the vast plain

large double masted dhows (sailboats) from India

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

The ground below the camel is covered in fine sand dotted with tufts of grass and small shrubs

Close-up view of an unfinished reed mat

Behind the courtyard are a few square one and two storey buildings

In the central foreground a few clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the side of a rolling dune

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

The boy on the right wears a tallit katan (a religious garment)

One couched camel rests at the centre in front of a water trough made of mud

The men stand in a line in the underground passage