
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground a donkey loaded with filled water skins wades through the tide towards the shore. On the left two water sellers stand in a boat beside a waiting donkey. In the background two large booms, Kuwaiti-built trading vessels, sit in shallow water along the shoreline.
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
2004.130.25004.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Kuwait
Region
Kuwait City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-26, 1949
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