
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 boys and men stand in the tide beside a dhow, loading filled water skins onto waiting donkeys. Behind them dhows are moored in shallow water close to shore.
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
2004.130.22974.1
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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