View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah. 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.

There is a very good view of the metal 'umbrella' at the top of the chorten

In the foreground four members of Sheikh Zayed's hunting party sit in a group in the sand surrounded by piles of gear

Amongst a group of Zulu women

In the distance beyond the limestone walls of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain fill the background

In the centre three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party

Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri]

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with laden mules along a path in the Simien range of mountains

which are auspicious emblems used as roof decoration

while in the distance a high mountain rises above the horizon

taken from near the Baroghil Pass

In the foreground scattered clumps of vegetation dot a sand flat lying below the vertical rocky cliffs of Jebel Hafeet

which is surrounded by a high stone wall