View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Portraits of notable people

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Portraits of notable peopleView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of large tree in Wadi Halfayn. On the right a group of men rest in the shade of large tree. In the far distance Jebel Kawr mountain rises above the trees growing across the plain. 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.

The man wears a curved dagger in his belt

stands in a patch of wet sand

The man is holding a rifle on his shoulder

He wears a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt) and a headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope)

wearing distinctive round hats

Seated portrait of Sultan bin Ahmad

wearing a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt)

A four-sided watchtower rises high above the village

one in the near left foreground and one further behind

and a ridge of high

The fields appear to be rich with vegetation as this photograph was taken before the harvest period

during the party's journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat