Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Type:unstretched canvas

Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Type:unstretched canvasView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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 bandolier and a dagger in a scabbard across his waist

two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far bank

as seen from a distance

Two small dhows

and a tied headscarf

On the left a small canoe is being towed behind the dhow on a short rope

and hills in the distance

The grain is being threshed by the mules dragging weights across the crop laid out on the ground

Behind him a crowd of people stand with donkeys carrying wood

View of four members of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding camels in the Ghanim Sands

holding the horns of a mountain nyala shot by his father

and is carrying long and short swords (katana and wakizashi)