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PM5026-13

Portrait of a Kuwaiti pearl diver Long Caption: A pearl diver rests between bouts of ten dives. He could expect to do about 120 dives a day. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PM5026-13 Artist: Alan Villiers Date: 1938-1939 Medium: photograph Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.

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