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With the Wana Column in Waziristan. Print 308.

Exit of the Shahur Tangi (near). “Tang” literally means “tight" and refers to narrow mountain gorges.

With the Wana Column in Waziristan. Print 305. Jandola Camp.

With the Wana Column in Waziristan. Print 304. Jandola Fort.

With the Wana Column in Waziristan. Print 303. Village tower by Jandola.

A town in southern Waziristan, about 227 miles southwest of Peshawar.

With the Razmak Field Force. Print 431.

Typical Mahsud and Waziri tribesmen. Also transliterated as Mahsud, Masood, Mahsood, Maseed, Masud, and Mehsud.

With the Derajat Column in Waziristan. Print 98. Jirga with Kaniguram in background.

Kaniguram in southern Waziristan is about 212 miles southwest of Peshawar. A Jirga is a meeting of tribal elders.

With the Derajat Column in Waziristan. Print 92. View from Piaza Raghza towards Pir Gul.

Alternate transliteration is "Piazha Raghza" which means "plateau on the edge of a valley." Alternate transliteration is "Pir Ghal,” a mountain in southern Waziristan.

With the Derajat Column in Waziristan. Print 88. Entering the Ahnai Tangi.

The Ahnai Tangi is 200 miles south of Peshawar in southern Waziristan. “Tang” literally means "tight" and refers to narrow mountain gorges.

With the Derajat Column in Waziristan. Print 85. Looking across the Tank Zam towards Jandola.

The riverbed of the Tank Zam served as a road during dry weather.

With the Derajat Column in Waziristan. Print 114. Waziri caravan types.

Wire-bender model of rubredoxin

Winter Landscape, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Ink on Silk, 77.5" x 40.5," Anonymous

This framed ink on silk of a pair of doves nesting among cherry blossoms hangs on the west wall of the Thomas Reading Room. The doves are symbolic of fidelity and longevity, while the cherry blossoms represent feminine beauty.

Winter Landscape was given to Lilly Library in 1998 by James A. Thomas' daughter, Eleanor Elliott, and her husband, John Elliott Jr.