A souvenir of boom (7 inches x 10 inches): Kuwaiti old ship-Dhow. Since the beginning of Kuwait, in the Mid 17th century, Kuwaitis were using many kinds of ships-Dhows for many purposes to live on the sea sources. Al-Boom was one of the famous and most used ships in Kuwait in the past. There were many kinds of Al-Boom used by Kuwaitis for many purposes at that time. One of these kinds called Boom-Ghawas and it was used for hunting pearls. Other kinds called (Boom-Ma'y), for sweet water delivery. (Teshalah) for shipping stones for building. The bigger one called (Boom Saffar)- sailor Boom for long distance sailing, and (Boom- Gatta'a) for short distance sailing.


The ship contains hundreds of parts and each part has its own name and definition. For instance,(Beess) is the base of the ship. (Sattoor or A'nafah) is the upper front. (Sreedan) is the cooking box. (Malej, Khad) are the long woods- Leehan in the bottom above "Beess". (Kana) is the back piece of wood that hold "Sekkan" - end piece of the ship.(Bendeerah) is the flag stick above al-Kana...etc.