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Object Number 2004.24.21565
Display Title Pearl fishing off Sharjah
Descriptions
Subject
  • Pearl
  • Vessel
  • Boat
  • Fishing
Department Photographic
Date June 1950
Artist Dr. Henry Field
Culture
  • Bedouin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / United Arab Emirates / Sharjah
Additional Geographic Terms Trucial coast
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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