Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a young man (named Amara bin Thuqub), formerly one of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Close-up view of an unfinished reed mat.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 boy and a man, squatting, making a mat by plaiting reeds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a boy standing on a raft made of bulrushes, holding a poling stick, with houses in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a Suaid 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 two women and two children, relatives of Hasan bin Manati, one of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys, including his mother (named Afara) sitting on the left.Due to the nature...

View of houses at Bu Mughaifat, with buffaloes swimming in the water in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of people standing by the entrance of a shelter, with cattle (and buffaloes) in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of two men waterproofing the upturned hull of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) with pitch.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of men in boats, spear fishing on Umm al Abid. Each of the boats has one man standing in the bow holding a long five-pronged spear, while another man...

View of men in boats, spear fishing on Umm al Abid. Each of the boats has one man standing in the bow holding a long five-pronged spear.Due to the nature...

View of three men waterproofing the upturned hull of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) with pitch.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a boy kneeling on a raft made of bulrushes, paddling it forward, with houses in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of two men waterproofing the upturned hull of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) with pitch, watched by several others.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Exterior view of a mudhif (guest house).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 from behind of two boys paddling a canoe through densely growing reeds in the Marshes.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Close-up view of the stern of a balam (flat-bottomed boat).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of pieces of wood laid out on the ground, the first stage in the building of a mashuf (canoe), being looked over by several young men (including Amara bin...

View of a man cutting a pole from qasab, or giant reed [phragmites communis], surrounded by dense vegetation.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Hatim bin Mauzan of the Al Juaibar tribe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...