Wilfred Thesiger in Arab dress Special Orders

Wilfred Thesiger in Arab dress Special OrdersPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, wearing Arab dress. This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self conscious. 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 the snow-covered Chilinji Pass

a thobe (long shirt) and a wraparound skirt

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis

taken from the Chamar Pass

glaciers clearly visible on its slopes

with a boy standing in the foreground

View of a man walking in Al Muwaiji

View of a group of men performing a dance at a circumcision ceremony in An Namas

Buildings at Abha

On the right a saluki hunting dog rests close by in the sand

A portrait of Thesiger sitting on a lion shot by him in Western Nuerland

Behind him is a pile of blankets