Thesiger Collection

View of sinter formations (of sodium) in the south-east corner of Lake Abhebad, with members of the Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party standing in the foreground.Due to the nature of these...

View of the Blue Nile Gorge.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...

A group of patriots led by Mangasha, a chief in western Godjam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of six carved wooden figures marking a Konso grave. The effigies represent the dead man, flanked by his wife and killed enemies.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of round houses at Bakawli. The pottery vessels built into the thatched roofs help to seal them from rainwater.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of the marshes of southern Aussa, with the Jira crater rising above the flat terrain in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of hilly terrain in southern Ethiopia, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Lake Abhebad (seen from the north-west), with a man standing in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a man, standing, carrying a stick over his shoulder from which hang two containers.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of people gathered at the Feast of Epiphany for the blessing of the waters by priests in Addis Ababa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing the Webi Shebeli river.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of a woman tying a saddle on to a camel, with a man standing beside her.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man, an Abyssinian 'Patriot' soldier, standing, carrying a machine-gun a carrying over his right shoulder.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

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

Portrait of a young Shilluk man, standing, wearing head and neck ornaments (including what appear to be two leather charm cases), with a boy standing behind him.Due to the nature...

View of people at the weekly market in Lalibela, with round houses on a hillside in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Dinka men carrying spears and ambatch parrying shields (and wearing dance ornaments and accessories) at a funeral dance near Malakal, with a young man playing a large drum...

Portrait of a young Shilluk man, sitting, wearing a feather head ornament, and holding two spears over his right shoulder. The characteristic dotted initiation scars along the youth's forehead are...

Portrait of a Tebu man, 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 families gathered with laden donkeys, on their way to a circumcision lodge.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...