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Traditional pearling dhow
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy1967
UNESCO World Heritage
In 2012, “Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy” became the Kingdom of Bahrain’s second World Heritage site. It celebrates the area’s millennia-old pearl collecting tradition and the globally significant single-product island economy and social system it produced.
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Details
- Title: Traditional pearling dhow
- Creator: Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
- Date Created: 1967
- Rights: Abdulla Al Khan
- Location: Bahrain
- Inscription Criteria: Criteria: (iii)
- Date of Inscription: 2012
- Category of Site: Cultural site
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