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1. Archaeological team members, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:
Members of the archaeological excavation team joined by the Dompofie chief and teachers during the last days of the 1995 season at Kuulo Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Dompofie along with visiting American graduate students and Ann Stahl. Back row (L-R): __, __, __, __, __, __, Amos Bediako, __, Alex Ababio, Daniel, __, Kwasi Peter, __. Middle row (L-R): Nana Emmanuel Dwiru, Yaw Francis, Kwasi Ali, Anane, __, Kofi "Photo" Manu, Donkor Johnson, Yaw Frimpong, Osei Kofi, Obimpeh Blorpor, Enoch Mensah, Kwame Anane, __, __. Front row (L-R): Kwame Bio, Alex Caton, Leith Smith, Ann Stahl, Obour Bartholomew. Also included in the photo are Alex Donkor, Alfred Nkrumah, Anane Peter, Asamoa Martin, John Preprah, Kwadwo Masoate, Kwadwo Nkrumah, Moses Nsiah, Peter Bile, and Stephen Okrah. Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Dompofie
Subjects:
Kuulo Kataa; Banda Research Project; Team photo
Subjects Facet:
Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
Color negative
Genre Facet:
Color negative
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Dompofie;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:
2019-05-02
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.14847222, -2.37472222

2. Archaeological team members, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:
Members of the archaeological excavation team during the last days of the 1995 season at Kuulo Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Dompofie along with visiting American graduate students and Ann Stahl. Back row (L-R): __, Kwame Bio, __, __, __, __, Amos Bediako, Obour Bartholomew, __, Alex Ababio, Daniel, __, Kwasi Peter. Middle row (L-R): Yaw Francis, Kwasi Ali, Anane, __, Kofi "Photo" Manu, Donkor Johnson, Yaw Frimpong, Osei Kofi, Obimpeh Blorpor, Enoch Mensah, Kwame Anane, __, __. Front row (L-R): Ann Stahl, Andrew Black. Also included in the photo are Alex Donkor, Alfred Nkrumah, Anane Peter, Asamoa Martin, John Preprah, Kwadwo Masoate, Kwadwo Nkrumah, Moses Nsiah, Peter Bile, and Stephen Okrah. Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Dompofie
Subjects:
Kuulo Kataa; Team photo
Subjects Facet:
Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
Color negative
Genre Facet:
Color negative
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Dompofie;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:
2019-05-02
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.14847222, -2.37472222

3. Banda Research Project team at work, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:
Banda Research Project excavation team members at work on Mound 118 at Kuulo Kataa. Wooden stakes mark the corners of 2x2 meter excavation units, several of which are in progress. North American students Leith Smith (white hat and shirt) and Alex Caton (far right) are pictured along with men from Dompofie and Ahenkro. View looking northward. Kuulo Kataa, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Dompofie
Subjects:
Kuulo Kataa; Banda Research Project
Subjects Facet:
Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Dompofie;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:
2019-05-02
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.14847222, -2.37472222

4. Procession to the Banda Cultural Centre on commissioning day, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:
Banda Research Project team members wearing blue shirts with the "Unity" logo and dresses embroidered in blue process down Ahenkro's main street from the Paramount Chief's palace to the Banda Cultural Centre for the centre's commissioning ceremony. Ann B. Stahl-- just enstooled as an honorary Queen Mother by the Banda Traditional Council under the stool name Lelɛɛ Yadwo Gongo II--is carried in a palanquin lined with kente cloth and shaded by one of the chief's royal umbrellas. A woman in local-made strip woven cloth stands left, with Binghamton University MA student Alex Caton wearing local dress to her right. To her right in blue-embroidered dresses are project team members Doris Millah and Doris Mensah. Visible in the background are the thatched and iron roofs of houses lining Banda-Ahenrko's main street. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Queen Mother; Banda Cultural Centre; Umbrella; Palanquin; Banda Research Project
Subjects Facet:
Rites and ceremonies; West African strip weaving; Thatched roofs; Metal roofing; Textiles; Clothing; Kente cloth; Litters (vehicles); Royal regalia
Creator:
Leith Smith
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07-21
Genre:
Photographic print
Genre Facet:
Photographic print
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:
2019-09-24
People Facet:
Leith Smith
Commentary:
Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.164906, -2.355708

5. Sacred beads in a calabash container, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:
The glass beads considered sacred and used in the puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites of Nafana women are stored within a calabash bowl, its lid lying next to it. Most of the beads are imported varieties typical of those that circulated in the Atlantic trade period. On top of two other lidded calabash bowls rests a pair of iron manacles or shackles which are included among ritual paraphernalia. Ahenkro, July 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16943 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16944
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Manaa Ndiom; Bijam; Manacles
Subjects Facet:
Rites and ceremonies; Glass beads; Nafana (African people); Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Shackles; Ritual; Marriage customs and rites
Creator:
Alex Caton
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
Photographic print
Genre Facet:
Photographic print
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:
2019-09-24
People Facet:
Alex Caton
Commentary:
Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.164906, -2.355708

6. Female elders assembled at the Banda Cultural Centre commissioning, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:
Female elders are seated under a thatch awning outside the Banda Cultural Centre on the day of its commissioning, Ann B. Stahl (seated center) has just been enstooled as an honorary Queen Mother of the Banda Traditional Council under the stool name Yadwo Gongo II. To the left is Binghamton University graduate student Alex Caton (Peni Yaa) and seated to the right wearing white cloth is Afua Wewa, one of the Banda Queen Mother's elders. A young man holds an umbrella over the Banda Queen Mother, Lelɛɛ Akosua Kepefu, who sits behind Alex Caton. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Queen Mother; Banda Cultural Centre; Enstoolment; Banda Traditional Council
Subjects Facet:
Chiefdoms
Identifier:
Negative 0a
Creator:
Andrew Black
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07-21
Genre:
Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:
Black-and-white negative
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:
2019-07-21
People Facet:
Andrew Black
Commentary:
Black-and-white print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165961, -2.354312

7. Sacred Objects of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:
Elders of Gape Katoo with the sacred bronze basin, copper alloy vessel, iron knife and "chain" (copper alloy anklet) associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:
Bofie
Subjects:
Bronze basin; Anklet; Gape Katoo; Family history; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:
Copper alloys; Ritual; Oral history
Identifier:
slide 27
Creator:
Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.019775, -2.375237

8. Sacred Vessel of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:
Base of a sacred copper alloy vessel associated with Gape Katoo ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722
Location(s) Facet:
Bofie
Subjects:
Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:
Oral history; Ritual; Copper alloys
Identifier:
slide 30
Creator:
Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1986-07
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.019775, -2.375237

9. Sacred Basins of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:
Young men of Gape Katoo hold the sacred objects associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:
Bofie
Subjects:
Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:
Oral history; Ritual
Identifier:
slide 33
Creator:
Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.019775, -2.375237

10. Sacred Basins of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:
Elders of Gape Katoo offering libations on sacred objects associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17154 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:
Bofie
Subjects:
Bronze basin; Family history; Gape Katoo; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:
Libations; Ritual; Copper alloys; Oral history
Creator:
Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:
1995
Date searchable:
1995-07
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.019775, -2.375237