Thesiger Collection

Group portrait of young men and boys, pictured here a few days before their circumcision. They are wearing the traditional women's dress of black tanned goat skins and are carrying...

Portrait of an Amhara 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...

View from above of flat terrain, looking east from Mount Warges in the Mathews Range of mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a young man, standing, leaning on a spear.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Group portrait of eight boys, standing in a line.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of the church of King John at Magdala, with a man standing in the foreground. The metal cross on the building was given to the community by Emperor John...

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...

Portrait of a man, standing by a pool, filling calabashes (gourds) with water.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a line of people gathered outside the rock-hewn church of Imrahanna Krestos at Imraha, built into a cave during the twelfth century.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of hilly terrain, where the battle of Sagale was fought between Ras Tafari and Negus Mikael in 1916. In the distance is the position which was held by Ras...

Group portrait of three nuns, squatting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View through some trees towards a mountain range.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 an Amhara 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...

Group portrait of girls, sitting on a fence, at a dance after a circumcision ceremony.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a man, standing, wearing an animal skin around his shoulders.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of the wooden house owned by Lawi Leboyare which he and Wilfred Thesiger had built together, with Lawi standing on the verandah in the foreground.Due to the nature of...

View of a mountain range.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...

Portrait of a man, a pilgrim on his way to Lalibela, standing, leaning on a stick.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of Lawi wearing face paint, bead and metal ornaments around his neck, head and in his ears, and feathers in his hair.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of the rock-hewn church of Imrahanna Krestos at Imraha, built into a cave during the twelfth century, with two people sitting on the ground in front of it.Due to...