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Title
African king, Ghana, ca.1885-1895
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August
Date Created and/or Issued
1885/1895
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06569
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
The young leader of Kwawu is depicted sitting under a large umbrella with his male attendants. The king wears a fine robe, skull cap and sandals, a bracelet on his right arm and an anklet on his left foot. Two young attendants hold long thin rods on either side of their leader.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0059.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82766
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg044-0001-0059.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Customs and traditions
Leadership
Group portraits
Time Period
1885/1895
Place
Africa
Ghana
Source
IMP/YDS/RG044/0001/0059 [File]

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