Thesiger Collection

View of a herd of wildebeest, migrating.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 several men and boys standing in a balam (flat-bottomed boat), gathering in fishing nets.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Nuer men, standing, holding harpoons and spears, among papyrus stalks in a swamp. They are watching the progress of a hippo hunt taking place in a lagoon.Due to...

View of the Nile paddle-steamer Kereri, which served as the floating headquarters of the District Commissioner of the Western Nuer District, and which towed a two-deck barge attached to its...

View of Lake Turkana (with South Island just visible), looking north from the summit of Mount Nyiru.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a line of Wilfred Thesiger's Nuer porters trekking through waterlogged terrain, carrying baggage over their shoulders and on their heads.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a boy (named Abakan), standing, aiming a bow and arrow.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Group portrait of three young men, 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...

View of a line of Wilfred Thesiger's Nuer porters trekking through waterlogged terrain, carrying baggage over their shoulders and on their heads.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Nuer men, standing, waist-deep in a lagoon, spread out, holding harpoons and spears, hunting hippo, a meat prized for its high fat content. Their quarry, the hippopotamus, can...

View of the snow-capped Kibo peak on Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres), the highest mountain in Africa, with Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the foreground, including George Webb sitting on...

View of the stern of a baghala (large boat, a type of dhow) and other boats in the harbour at Basra.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a group of Afar (Adoimara Danakil) men watering their camels, with trees in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man, standing, holding a headrest.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 a man, standing, holding a bow and arrows, at Lake Baringo.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a boy, the cousin of Khali Aga, sitting, smiling.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Group portrait of four boys, standing, carrying bows and blunted arrows. They are each wearing the goatskin and ostrich feather headdress associated with the circumcision ritual.Due to the nature of...

View of mountains in the Kara Dagh range.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of Ngorongoro Crater.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 Rivers...

Portrait of an Abyssinian warrior carrying a rifle and shield and wearing a lion's mane headdress, at the coronation ceremonies of Haile Selassie.Due to the nature of these images, prints...