View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... India

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... IndiaView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Uruq al Awarik sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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 Museum.

holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

He sits atop a camel

while on the other the peregrine falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) over his arm

He is wearing a light-coloured thobe (shirt) topped with a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and suspenders

taken shortly after his circumcision

He is scratching his cheek with his thumb and wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and a white headscarf

Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles

The jewellery is very heavy with the earrings being made of gold and turquoise and the amulet made of gold

His saddled camel stands on the left

wearing a band round his forehead to which he has fastened the stuffed skins of small birds he has shot with his bow and arrows

a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara)

Profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel