Waterproofing a balam Frame:black

Waterproofing a balam Frame:blackView of a man preparing the pitch with which to waterproof a balam (flat bottomed boat), while several people look on. 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.

In the distance buildings at Suda can be seen

which at this time was imported to Kuwait by boat

whose legs are shackled

In the background another man leans on the yard

flat sea fills the horizon

The boom sits on the left

which is lined with one storey buildings

with the prow of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe) prominent in the foreground

View of the central dome of the Masjid-i Jami mosque ('Friday Mosque') at Isfahan

and a khanjar (dagger) in a cartridge belt around his waist

he is wearing a skein of wool on his head

with Salim bin Kabina carrying fodder for his camel in the foreground