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Title
Ahsanti executioner, Kumase, 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 06589
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
The executioner displays long bladed knives in each hand. He wears a wide bracelet of bone or wood with a large charm on his right arm and an amulet around his neck. His robe is made from cloth with a striped pattern.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 16 cm x 11 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0079.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82786
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg044-0001-0079.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Customs and traditions
Weapons
Portraits
Time Period
1885/1895
Place
Africa
Ghana
Source
IMP/YDS/RG044/0001/0079 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
image/tiff
impa-m980

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