3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of the shrine of Sheikh Sham at Sheikh Adi in the mountains north-east of Mosul, to which Yazidis make an annual pilgrimage in October, with mountains in the distance.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.29226.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Iraq
Region
[Kurdistan]; Jabal Sinjar; Sheikh Adi
Cultural Group
Kurd (Yazidi)
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
October 1950
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