4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
View of a dhow (sailboat) and a rowboat moored in Dubai Creek at sunset. In the foreground sailors pull a rowboat alongside a moored dhow. In the left background a pile of coral sits in the tide. In the right background the square Shindagha watchtower rises high above the creek alongside the one and two storey houses of 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
2004.130.22859.1
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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