cover image: Disfigurement for theft, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

Disfigurement for theft, Ghana, ca.1885-1895

A man from the Ashanti region is depicted after having his ears and lips cut off as a punishment for theft.
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Authors

Ramseyer, Friedrich August

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82787
Date published
1885/1895
Dates
1885/1895
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 16.5 cm x 11.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Ghana
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ghana
Reference
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0080.tif
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06590 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/a9096609c27297e4807950eeecde34e4

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