3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. In the foreground boats sit in Dubai creek in front of a shaded ferry boat launch. The ferries, rowboats covered with cloth canopies, are docked in a line along the creek in a break between two houses. Each of the houses is topped with a barjeel (wind tower).
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
2004.130.17583.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City; Dubai Creek
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-18, 1948
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