Launching a Dhow from an Abu Dhabi Island

Thesiger_Launching a Dhow_1948.jpg

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