cover image: African king, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

African king, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

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.
customs and traditions indigenous populations leadership group portraits

Authors

Ramseyer, Friedrich August

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82766
Date published
1885/1895
Dates
1885/1895
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Ghana
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ghana
Reference
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0059.tif
Rights
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
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3bf9876310e2eb0e3df49ed76a9f2f2b

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