Rakashar and wife, with group Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Rakashar and wife, with group Images of Wilfred ThesigerRakashar, his brother (both seated), Rakashar's wife standing next to Rakashar's brother. Two male members of household standing behind. Also two female members of the household, one wearing several ornaments. 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.

while above the sky is empty of clouds

The two men sitting in the centre are falconers in the the hunting party

In the foreground on the left a man walks past a tent made of woven mats

In the left foreground a square room with small windows sit atop a roof on a building

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

and its head faces directly forward

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides

cultivated by local Arab villagers

Their instruments include drums and something resembling a large pan

In the foreground 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds line Dubai Creek

A dhow under full sail glides across a flat sea

with a man standing