Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy, a Sayid (person having or claiming descent from the Prophet). He has just been circumcised, as evidenced by his blocked nostrils.Due to the nature of these...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe), in which there are six people, four of whom are standing holding poling sticks.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a boy standing on the prow of a canoe, poling it forward.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of four people in a tarada (sheikh's canoe), three of whom are standing holing poling sticks.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man, sitting on the ground, wearing a bandolier, smoking a pipe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Interior view of a mudhif (guest house), with a man sitting at the coffee hearth and other people sitting along the walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View from behind of a young man standing in the prow of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe), poling it forward.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy, smiling.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...

Interior view of the unfinished mudhif (guest house) belonging to Raudha, with bundles of reeds lying on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View from behind of a boy standing in the bow of a mashuf (canoe), poling it forward.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a house, with buffaloes standing outside, at Qabab.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Haji Chuaid of the Al Hasan tribe, with people sitting along the walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of a house at a settlement in the Marshes.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a boat in which two men are standing, both holding poling sticks, going to market to buy chickens.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Haji Ubaid of the Al Hasan tribe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Group portrait of men, standing, holding spears and rifles, gathered around a dead wild boar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of a balam (flat-bottomed boat) under sail on the River Euphrates, carrying a cargo of reed mats.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a young woman (named Matara), the sister of Amara bin Thuqub, one of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys; she is wearing several bracelets on her right arm, and has a...

View of vegetation growing in the Marshes.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...