Portrait of two members of ... Size:smallPortrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting beside a cooking fire in the Wadi al 'Umayri. Rai, a member of the 'Ifaar tribe, sits on the left. Two metal bowls sit in front of him. Rai joined Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Wadi al 'Umayri as a rabi'a (a local escort who ensures safe passage through a tribal area). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred
View of Sa'ar Bedouin filling water skins at Manwakh well
Portrait of a man (named Alaqa Dessie)
In the background a large bush grows in the sand directly behind them
and a man stands in the background
In the background a man stands at the well
The falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) on the falconer's arm
in the Jabal Qara mountains above Wadi Nihiz
bare of living vegetation
which is framed by two storey buildings and a line of single storey wooden shacks
and a balam (flat-bottomed boat) being poled forward by a woman behind
They are constructed from plant material
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands
