Thesiger Collection

View of mountains in northern Ethiopia.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...

Portrait of a Samburu moran (warrior), decorating himself with red ochre paint.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a man, the father of a boy called Kendawa, sitting, holding a large pottery vessel used to contain beer.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of men and women dancing after a circumcision ceremony.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a woman, standing, wearing beaded jewellery around her neck.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, and Erope, squatting, holding a rifle, with a river in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a large herd of goats being led by herders to water at Mouwoligiteng pools near Mount Kulal.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Samburu initiates dancing at the end of the circumcision rites.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of Lawi, a young Samburu man wearing a black skin cloak and tufted hair style, identifying him as currently undergoing the initiation ceremony.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a young Samburu man taken shortly after his circumcision. He still wears the black skin cloak.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare) after his circumcision, sitting, decorated with red ochre paint on his face and around his shoulders.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Close-up portrait of a young Samburu man, taken shortly after his circumcision. He has been adorned with woman's earrings and an ostrich feather headdress with small birds hanging from the...

Portrait of a woman, standing in a doorway, at Ahansal in the High Atlas range of mountains; she is wearing beaded necklaces and metal jewellery.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a Samburu boy sitting on a rock at the edge of a pool of water.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of two young Samburu men with ornamented hair and ears, both seated on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of people at a souk (market) in Marrakech.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of three men, sitting and squatting on the ground, playing the African game of mancala, with the carved wooden board and its counters at the centre of the group.Due...

View of a procession through the streets of Addis Ababa during the coronation ceremonies of the Empress Zauditu.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Group portrait of members of the Duke of Gloucester's delegation for the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie, standing on the steps in front of the new British Legation building in...

View of carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...