Portrait of a boy of ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

Portrait of a boy of ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauPortrait of a boy of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village. 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.

In the foreground two women stand holding baskets in their arms

Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well

one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions

during bombing by Egyptian forces (in support of the Republicans) in the Yemen Civl War

another man crouches at the stern

wide-brimmed straw hats

while in the far background of rolling sands

The Potala from the southeast taken from the heart of the city

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains

Each of the three men wears a thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra) topped with agal (head ropes)

The man on the left is Hamdo Ouga

A saluki hunting dog lies sleeping in the sand at the base of the wakir