
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a large, ocean-going boom, a Kuwaiti built trading vessel, under repair at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boom is propped upright with wooden piles. Three men work on the boom from wooden platforms that hang off its side.
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
2004.130.22955.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Kuwait
Region
Kuwait City
Cultural Group
Arab?; African?
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-26, 1949
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