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61. Masquerade dancer behind a cloth, Bongase, 1967
- Description:
- A Ligbi man from Bongase wearing masquerade regalia is partially hidden from view by men carrying a cloth as they walk between thatch-roofed houses en route to the space where the masqueraders will perform. He wears a carved wooden "Mbong" (baboon in Ligbi) mask. Scholars refer to this masking tradition as "Do," while locally it is termed "Bedu." For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 147-177. Bongase, December, 1967.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17332; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Bedu; Do; Baboon
- Subjects Facet:
- Wood carvings; Masks; Ligbi language; Textiles; Masquerades; Chickens
- Creator:
- Dr. René A. Bravmann
- Contributors:
- Dr. René A. Bravmann
- Date searchable:
- 1967
- Date searchable:
- 1967-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.238039, -2.276274
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.238039, -2.276274
62. Two men in masquerade attire, Bongase, 1967
- Description:
- Two Ligbi men from Bongase appear in masquerade regalia during a visit to Bongase by René A. Bravmann, then a doctoral student at Indiana University studying African art history. They wear carved wooden "Mbong" (baboon in Ligbi) masks decorated with ochre and white paint, representing a male and female animal. Their heads and shoulders are draped in scarves. They stand in front of a house with a thatched roof and a raffia shade. Scholars refer to this masking tradition as "Do," while locally it is termed "Bedu." For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 147-177. A performance of Mbong at a Banda Heritage Event in June 2019 can be viewed through a link below. Bongase, December, 1967.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17335 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17139 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17332; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Bedu; Do; Baboon
- Subjects Facet:
- Regalia; Masks; Ligbi language; Textiles; Masquerades; Clothing; Wood carvings
- Creator:
- Dr. René A. Bravmann
- Contributors:
- Dr. René A. Bravmann
- Date searchable:
- 1967
- Date searchable:
- 1967-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.238039, -2.276274
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.238039, -2.276274
63. Brong dance troupe, Banda Cultural Centre commissioning, 1995
- Description:
- A Brong dance troupe performs at the commissioning celebration for the Banda Cultural Centre. A group of drummers is seated behind the dancers. Visible in the background is the logo of the Banda Cultural Centre which is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." This is symbolized by an Adinkra symbol showing two crocodiles who share a common stomach (two heads, two tails, one stomach; referred to as funtumfunafu in Twi). The symbol conveys the meaning "why fight over food when you share a stomach?" The Cultural Centre's main building pictured here was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. Ahenkro, 21 July 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor; Logo
- Subjects Facet:
- Dance
- Creator:
- Alex Caton
- 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;8.165961, -2.354312
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- Commentary:
- Print provided by Alex Caton scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165961, -2.354312
64. 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
- Commentary:
- Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164906, -2.355708
65. Young men from Kafͻnͻ Katoo view pictures of their house taken in 1986, Ahenkro, 2018
- Description:
- Several young men gather outside of Kafͻnͻ (Kafono) Katoo under the shade of a small thatched shelter. They are looking at a binder of photos that includes pictures of their family house taken in 1986 when its roof was being re-thatched. At that time the house was decorated with a painting of a bicycle, reputed to be the first bicycle in Banda. Ahenkro, 1 September, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17344 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17347
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Kafono Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Photographs; Bicycles; Housing
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-09-01
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163454, -2.355734
66. Banda Cultural Centre with logo, Ahenkro, 1995
- Description:
- Ann B. Stahl (left) and Sampson Attah (right) stand in front of the Banda Cultural Centre shortly before the building was commissioned (21 July, 1995). The Banda Cultural Centre provides space for community events and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." This is symbolized by an Adinkra symbol showing two crocodiles who share a common stomach (two heads, two tails, one stomach; referred to as funtumfunafu in Twi). The symbol conveys the meaning "why fight over food when you share a stomach?" The Cultural Centre's main building pictured here was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, July 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17533 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17338
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor; Logo
- Identifier:
- Negative 24
- Creator:
- Andrew Black
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-07
- Genre:
- Black-and-white negative
- Genre Facet:
- Black-and-white negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-09-24
- Commentary:
- Print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165961, -2.354312
67. 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
- Commentary:
- Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164906, -2.355708
68. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.019775, -2.375237
69. Banda Research Project Team, July 1995
- Description:
- Local and visiting members of the Banda Research Project Team gathered on the day of the Banda Cultural Centre's dedication event. Their shirts are printed with the Cultural Centre's motto/logo "Nyu Nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Community event; Banda Cultural Centre; Banda Research Project
- Identifier:
- Negatives 13 and 14
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-07-21
- Genre:
- Color negative
- Genre Facet:
- Color negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-02
- Commentary:
- Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165961, -2.354312
70. Front and side views of a twinned copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 2000
- Description:
- Front and side views of a twinned, lost-wax-cast copper-alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2. Height: 3.9 cm. Weight: 3.8 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
- Provenance:
- Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF KK 00-318
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2000
- Date searchable:
- 2012-08-02
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222