
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a man preparing the pitch with which to waterproof a balam (flat-bottomed boat), while several people look on.
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.
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.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.10647.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Iraq
Region
[Central Marshes]; Huwair
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
1955
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