
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a courtyard inside a house in Dubai. Square arches form a long canopy in front of a line of rooms flanking a wide empty courtyard. Both the courtyard and the canopy are bare of decorations and furniture. Wind towers (barjeel) sit atop one and two storey houses in the distance behind the courtyard.
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
2004.130.17582.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-18, 1948
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