New RAK pearls Museum
The costly pearls were famous in the Gulf region in the
past. Our grandfathers were gave them names such as Bint Al Matar and Bint Al
Qamar.
Everything from the traditional stories surrounding the
pearl, its history as a treasure required by merchants and monarchs across the
world, its impact on the local culture and economy, and where it stands today
in the modern world, can be found inside the new RAK Pearls Museum.
In addition to photographs of Ama diver - traditional
Japanese female divers - the museum's second floor is lined with displays of
the world's famous pearls, and instruction on how to differentiate natural and
cultured pearls.The RAK Pearl Museum showcases the equipment that pearl
divers used to harvest pearls from the sea.
Regardless of the pearling industry's fake, the influence of
the pearl lived on, as Emirati women are still being named after different
types of local names for pearls, such as Dana, Hessa, Moza and Qemasha.
On the first floor is a historical expedition, including a
detailed platform of tools and gear worn by pearl divers, such as Al Khabt, or
leather finger gloves; Al Fatam, a tortoise-shell flexible nose clip; and a
thick, white cotton diver suit against jellyfish.
