
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of dhows (sailboats) in Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a boy sits on a pile of coral lying in shallow water. In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) sails up Dubai Creek, On the right three men standing on the deck of a small, heavily loaded dhow use punt poles to push their boat away from shore. On the far bank one and two storey buildings line the 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
2004.130.22891.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City; Dubai Creek
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 9 - 24, 1949
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