Portrait of sailors rowing a ...

Portrait of sailors rowing a dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A number of men sit on the gunwale of a sailboat, holding oars. On the far right two sailors pull on a large wooden oar. Beside them a drum barrel rests against the side of the boat. Further along the gunwale, another pair of sailors pull on a second oar. At the far left a man sits on a drum barrel alongside a hanging knot of sail rigging. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's week and a half long sailing trip around the Abu Dhabi Islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948.

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