cover image: Ahsanti executioner, Kumase, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

Ahsanti executioner, Kumase, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

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.
customs and traditions indigenous populations portraits weapons

Authors

Ramseyer, Friedrich August

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82786
Date published
1885/1895
Dates
1885/1895
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 16 cm x 11 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Ghana
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ghana
Reference
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0079.tif
Rights
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
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/771e0f8ebec1feee32ef87f8dfe35521

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