BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) -- Exhibit: From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy

DC -- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) -- Exhibit: From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy:

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Description of Pictures: "From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy" 10 July - 30 September

Come with us as we sail the high seas alongside some of history’s most famous explorers and navigators – Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Ahmad Ibn Majid - and visit different Omani ports of call. Each leg of this journey will explore Omani history, Omani mariners, and the Omani vessels they sailed. By interweaving the stories of these explorers with items from Omani ships and shipbuilding, we will explore the history of Omani seafaring over the last millennia.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SQCCSS_170911_001.JPG: From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy Come with us as we sail the high seas alongside some of history's most famous explorers and navigators –- Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Ahmad Ibn Majid - and visit different Omani ports of call. Each leg of this journey will explore Omani history, Omani mariners, and the Omani vessels they sailed. By interweaving the stories of these explorers with items from Omani ships and shipbuilding, we will explore the history of Omani seafaring over the last millennia.
2. SQCCSS_170911_005.JPG: Sea
3. SQCCSS_170911_008.JPG: Welcome to Sohar The Gateway to China
4. SQCCSS_170911_028.JPG: Quadrant -- also known as an altitude, a quadrant can measure any angle up to 90 degrees. This tool, used with the attached plumb line, allowed the user to determine their latitude in respect to a heavenly body (star or planet) by measuring the angle between them.
5. SQCCSS_170911_029.JPG: Sextant -- The sextant was a major nautical advancement. It made it possible to find longitude, which in turn allowed sailors to know their precise location on a map. Unlike the Kamal/Khashbah, a sextant used the sun to help navigators to determine their position and heading. A sextant cannot be used at night and a kamal cannot be used during the day.
6. SQCCSS_170911_031.JPG: Monsoon Winds & Indian Ocean Trade
7. SQCCSS_170911_034.JPG: Kamal -- consisted of a knotted rope and a block of wood/horn. ...
8. SQCCSS_170911_038.JPG: The Maritime Silk Road
9. SQCCSS_170911_042.JPG: Welcome to Dhofar The Land of Frankincense
10. SQCCSS_170911_052.JPG: Canvas Sail Sample and Palm sail sample ...
11. SQCCSS_170911_060.JPG: Marco Polo
12. SQCCSS_170911_063.JPG: Welcome to Qalhat Maritime Might through Trade
13. SQCCSS_170911_068.JPG: Ibn Battuta
14. SQCCSS_170911_071.JPG: Welcome to Sur Home of Omani Shipbuilding
15. SQCCSS_170911_073.JPG: Ahmad Ibn Majid
16. SQCCSS_170911_079.JPG: Keel (garboard) -- A garboard is the bottommost planks set alongside the keel. The shape of these keels varies by type of ship and type of construction. Omani vessels are all made in the caravel style, meaning that their planks fit snuggly together and do not overlap.
17. SQCCSS_170911_088.JPG: Keel Sternpost sample -- sterns, located at the back of a boat, varied greatly in shape and size. The largest, the transom sterns, were modeled after European vessels (galleon-styled ships) and had windows and elaborate carvings (Baghlad or Ghanjan). Simpler boats had high square sterns (sambuq) or dogs shaped stern (battil).
18. SQCCSS_170911_089.JPG: A Sailor's Life for Me
19. SQCCSS_170911_095.JPG: Keel Stempost sample -- many Omani boats have elaborate and distinct stem (wood at the front of the boat) pieces. These pieces can be curved stem piece (sambuq) or club or fiddlehead shaped (battil), to the sample reed stem or a date palm (shashah).
20. SQCCSS_170911_100.JPG: Through Beam sample -- These large beams traversed the ship supporting the deck on larger Omani vessels, such as the Baghlad or Ghanjah.
21. SQCCSS_170911_109.JPG: Ship Sewing Tools
22. SQCCSS_170911_116.JPG: Large Rope -- thick cables or ropes were traditionally made using coconut fibers (coir). They were generally made in Mattrah and along the Batinah coast. Cables were also made from date palm and cotton fibers.
23. SQCCSS_170911_118.JPG: Welcome to Muscat The Promise of Oman's Future
24. SQCCSS_170911_122.JPG: Shipbuilding Materials display
Wikipedia Description: Middle East Institute
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC)

The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) was established in 2005 following an agreement with the Sultanate of Oman. SQCC's establishment replaced the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Research Center for Middle East Studies, located at MEI since the mid-1980s. Kathleen Ridolfo, SQCC Executive Director, leads the center in its mission to educate Americans and Omanis about the breadth and richness of the two cultures. In 2011, SQCC opened a Cultural Center, which showcased Omani crafts and serves as a space for workshops and other events. In 2013, SQCC parted with MEI and relocated to new offices.
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