Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim ... Sue Johnson

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim ... Sue JohnsonPortrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits kneeling on his camel. 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 muskets

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party in their camp in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain

part of a wedding procession making its way through the backstreets of Beijing

In the right distance another dhow is moored

The dune slopes into a deep depression on the far right

View of the southern slopes of the Qarra range of mountains

moored in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain Island

View of Bani Yas villagers at their settlement in Liwa Oasis

grainy sand

The Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876-1933)

On the left three men load up their couched camels

Zimchongpa or foot soldiers in ancient armour on the roof of the Jokhang Temple at dawn