3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek at sunset. In the right foreground sailors stand on top of a moored dhow. In the left background piles of coral sit in the tide, nearby a second moored dhow. In the central distance the square Shindagha watchtower rises high above the creek alongside one and two storey houses in the Shindagha district.
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
2004.130.22858.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City; Dubai Creek; Shindagha
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 9 - 24, 1949
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