Portrait of a member of ... India

Portrait of a member of ... IndiaPortrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance beyond low dunes with sharp crests stretch out to the far horizon. 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 them a large white sail flies from a mast

a tool used to drill holes in flat turquoise and shell beads

Another girl and a baby are visible in the background

Portrait of two boys standing in front of a wall in the village of Ash Shaykh

Mountains in the background

including George Webb sitting on a rock

A man from the Manasir Bedouin tribe stands facing forward

In the foreground two traders haggle

flanked by two displays of markhor (Capra falconeri

Wilfred Thesiger sits at the centre

gazing into the left distance

In the foreground a large camel caravan unloads just outside the city