Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a naked boy sitting on reeds mats; he is wearing a silver collar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

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...

Group portrait of three men, standing, at the market in Bati.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Close-up view of petroglyphs cut into solid rock on the road between Bardai and Aouzou.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of the monolithic rock-hewn church of Genata Maryam, located not far from Lalibela's famous carved churches, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of men loading Wilfred Thesiger's canoes with supplies, at the edge of the Tana River.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a porch of the monolithic rock-hewn church of Mariam at Lalibela, with a boy, who is probably in training for the priesthood, standing in the foreground.Due to the...