Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim ... Size:mediumPortrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing with two Harasis Bedouin men at Boi well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, stands in the middle, while the two Harasis tribesmen stand on either side of him. 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.
This mask represents the Guardian of the Cemetery figure who appears frequently in Tibetan drama
with members of the Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party standing in the foreground
A falconer's mangalah (cuff) and the falcon's burqa (hood) lies in the sand at the base of the wakir
Faris Shahin Salah (Thesiger's orderly
View of buildings at Suda
View of six carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave
On the right a man stands nearby in the sand
The man in the centre is holding a rifle
He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) and a dark thobe (shirt)
The roofs are flat
Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam
He also holds a camel stick under his right arm