Al Essa man Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Al Essa man Images of Wilfred ThesigerPortrait of a man, a retainer of Sheikh Maziad bin Hamdan of the Al Essa tribe, standing in the doorway of a mudhif (guest house). 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.

and Salim bin Ghabaisha

an Abyssinian 'Patriot' soldier

View of a narrow street in Jaisalmer

resting her head on her hand

wearing a thick agal (head rope) over his ghutra

He wears a silver embossed khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his coloured thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) wrapped closely around his head

with a young man standing beside it holding a spear

standing on a log bridge outside one of the rock-hewn churches at Lalibela

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the Imam of Oman's representative in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis

while purchasers stand looking at the merchandise

holding rifles

and several large flags being waved overhead