Thesiger Collection

View of Nuer men, standing, waist-deep in a lagoon, spread out, holding harpoons and spears, hunting hippo, a meat prized for its high fat content. Their quarry, the hippopotamus, can...

View of the snow-capped Kibo peak on Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres), the highest mountain in Africa, with Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the foreground, including George Webb sitting on...

View of a group of Afar (Adoimara Danakil) men watering their camels, with trees in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man, standing, holding a headrest.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of a man, standing, holding a bow and arrows, at Lake Baringo.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Group portrait of four boys, standing, carrying bows and blunted arrows. They are each wearing the goatskin and ostrich feather headdress associated with the circumcision ritual.Due to the nature of...

View of Ngorongoro Crater.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...

Portrait of an Abyssinian warrior carrying a rifle and shield and wearing a lion's mane headdress, at the coronation ceremonies of Haile Selassie.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of a boy, standing, wearing the goatskin and ostrich feather headdress associated with the circumcision ritual.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of mountains in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The hilltop at the centre right of the image was the location of the Emperor Menelik's palace residence before he moved...

Portrait of a moran (warrior).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...

Group portrait of a family, sitting and standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of a man, squatting on a rock.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of flat terrain, with large trees in the foreground and mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Group portrait of a family, standing.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...

View of men and women at a dance after a circumcision ceremony, with spears left sticking out of the ground and discarded sandals in the foreground.Due to the nature of...

View of Ras Dashan, the highest mountain in Ethiopia (and fourth highest in Africa), in the Simien range of mountains, with men walking with laden horses in the foreground.Due to...

View of the Tisisat Falls on the Blue Nile soon after the river's emergence from Lake Tana.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man.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...

Portrait of a Samburu moran (warrior), sitting on the ground, being decorated with red ochre paint by another man.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...