Tibetan cobbler in Lhasa Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Tibetan cobbler in Lhasa Images of Wilfred ThesigerPortrait of Tibetan cobbler in Lhasa making boots 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.

stands behind the well

wearing head and neck ornaments (including what appear to be two leather charm cases)

Tall mud buildings line both sides of the street

Their headdresses of animal fur and ostrich plumes are typical of the period

while women and a child sit inside the left section

and holding a rifle in his right hand

They are possibly part of the Dalai Lama's escort on the final leg of his journey to Lhasa

View of trees bending in the strong winds of a gale

pulling a balam (flat bottomed boat) which has its main sail raised

migrating from Lake Shiva above the Oxus valley towards Faizabad

View of sand dunes in the Ghanim Sands in the region between Khasfah well and Matki well

next to the firewood