Arab man Size:medium

Arab man Size:mediumPortrait a man, a representative of the Imam of Oman, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party to Muwaiji, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, and holding a rifle under his right arm. 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.

as evidenced by his blocked nostrils

The stall immediately behind the man is selling camel blankets

Behind them two storey buildings fronted with wooden canopies line the square

A rowboat and a small dhow (sailboat) are moored in Dubai Creek alongside some 'arish and coral buildings

with whom Wilfred Thesiger stayed for a few days during his first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

during a voyage from Sharja to Bahrain

Two small dhows

they are celebrating the festival of Eid at the end of Ramadan

wearing white trousers

performing in the grounds of the British Mission residency in the Dekyi Lingka

Group of seated females at wedding ceremony witnessed by British Association members