A 'soul', a person dedicated to the King of Asante. The round plate on the chest is made of gold, the string is white Eine 'Seele' (ein dem König Geweihter) des Asante Königs. Die runde Platte auf der Brust ist aus Gold, der Faden ist weiss
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Annotation translation: "No. 48 of 69: 'The King's soul'." - "Kumase". Annotation: "Nr. 48 in 69: 'L' Ame du Roi'." - "Kumase." Identity of photographer questionable. Note translation: Contradictory data: in (D-30-0,1) Abetifi is given as place and Ramseyer as photographer by TG (1988). According to the older writing however Missionary Piton is the photographer. (PST). - "This photograph is an excellent 'studio' portrait of a young man who was a member of the royal akradwarefo. He is wearing his insignia of office, the akrafokommu, a 'large circle of gold suspended from the neck'. The subject is deliberately posed against a background which shows red ochre bas-relief to very good effect." (McCaskie, 1975). - NB Piton was a China missionary who seems to have had some photographs from other parts of the world which were eventually handed over to the archive (PJ 04.2001).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen cut-out, 15.7 x 12.0 cm.
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