Creator
Wilfred Thesiger
Title
Launching a Dhow from an Abu Dhabi Island
Date
March 14–April 1, 1948
Description
Men launch a small dhow from a beach. This photograph 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 Najyan, and their retainers.
Source
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University (2004.130.17632.1)
Format
Film negative, 35mm