The rediscovered collection of 1930s photographs documenting everyday life, rituals, and sacred spaces of the Ezidi people in northern Iraq. From the archives of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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“Wedding Dance, Fadhiliyah, Irak” by Alfred Bendiner, 1937. Colored pencil (and crayon?) on paper. Drawn on the Tepe Gawra expedition. Shows a group of villagers dancing in a large circle, two musicians in the middle, and assorted figures and animals around. Original in the Museum Archives.

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