Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp. ... Frame:natural

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp. ... Frame:naturalWilfred Thesiger's party making camp. A pot is on the fire. Two more pots and a coffeepot stand on the ground. 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.

View of four boats grouped together in the reeds

and the Sandia mountains visible in the distance

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides

while the four people sitting on either side of him hold camel sticks

with a large tree prominent in the foreground

View of men

with limestone cliffs rising up in the distance

In the background camels wait around the well

The end of the well rope is attached to the camel's saddle

Portrait of a man standing in a field in front of Baydayn village in Wadi Hali

a young Asaimara chief who was killed by warriors of the rival Adoimara Danakil tribe a few days after this photograph was taken

In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain