Portrait of members of Wilfred ... Africa

Portrait of members of Wilfred ... AfricaPortrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground a group of men are gathered around a dead camel. They are starting to skin the camel from the neck down. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands at the far left side. Another man stands in the foreground, cutting the skin off the camel's back. Due to the nature of these

The constant travel over this mesa has worn paths to the depth of several inches in the solid rock

tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing on a hillside in a wadi near the well of Ma' Shadid

View of Bedouin at Bir Thamud well near the town of Thamud

Silver butter lamps and other offerings surround the shrine

looking at a large pile of camping gear lying in the sand

being pulled by four oxen

Two children and a man stand in front of a well

View of a shrine and another building with mountains in the background

In the centre a young tribesman sits

These are square buildings with several storeys

The falconer also has a wikar (block) for the falcon tucked under his arm