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1. Banda Traditional Council meeting, Ahenkro, August 1986
- Description:
- A group of men and women stand in the doorways of the Banda Traditional Council building as the Traditional Council holds a meeting inside. The colonial-period building's interior is lit by natural light through large windows, with several panes of window glass intact on the rear side of the building. Several young people sit on the steps of the building. Visible to the left is the metal-roofed colonial-period village clinic and residence of the village nurse who was in this period the primary medical care personnel for the Banda area. Ahenkro, 12 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Colonial period buildings; Banda Traditional Council
- Subjects Facet:
- Colonies
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.162784, -2.357505
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.162784, -2.357505
2. Members of Gangoolo Katoo, Sanwa, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with members of Gangoolo Katoo, including Tolԑԑ Sah Dongi, Oyokohene (seated, center), Kwaku Donkor (linguist, seated, light blue cloth), Kwado Fordjour and Ama Nyini (on left with head scarf), Samwa, 4 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17443
- Location(s) Facet:
- Sanwa
- Subjects:
- Family history; Gangoolo Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-04
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.142199, -2.372039
3. Boase female Elders, 2018
- Description:
- Elder women of Boase who spearheaded a performance of songs and dances associated with Manaa Ndiom (puberty), Bijam (wedding) and funeral rites as practiced in Boase. The event was organized by the chief and elders of Boase and filmed by the Banda Heritage Local Committee. L-R: Ama Gyakari, Adwoa Dankuli, Ama Lopom, Ama Nimsaa, Afua Gyakari, Yaa Anto, Afua Nsiah. Boase, 11 November, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17108 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17109
- Location(s) Facet:
- Boase
- Subjects:
- Manaa Ndiom; Bijam
- Subjects Facet:
- Rites and ceremonies; Funeral customs and rites; Puberty rites; Marriage customs and rites
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018-11-11
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Boase;8.018356, -2.298013
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.018356, -2.298013
4. Male and female heads of family, Loobia Katoo, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with Elders of Loobia Katoo dressed in customary attire for the Yualie Festival celebrated at the harvest time for sorghum and millet. Loobia Katoo supplies the custodian of the Jafun shrine to which offerings are made during the Yualie Festival. The family brought the shrine to Banda from Senyon (Northern Region) during the time of Dabla, paramount chief of Banda. In the background (left) calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are set out to dry. Left: custodian of the Jafun shrine, Kwadwo Kamiekunu (Jafun Bͻͻnyiifun); right: Amman Nyiimor (female head), 24 July, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17488
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Family history; Loobia Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Rites and ceremonies; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-07-24
- Genre:
- Black-and-white negative
- Genre Facet:
- Black-and-white negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
5. Kofi Asԑmpasa, Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 1986
- Description:
- Kofi Asempasa, male head of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17437 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16674
- Location(s) Facet:
- Gbao
- Subjects:
- Family history; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.147021, -2.362744
6. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 2001
- Description:
- The Banda Cultural Centre provides space for community gatherings and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." Commissioned in 1995, the main building was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. The free-standing annex (right in photo) was added in 2000. It houses additional guest rooms and storage and was also built through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, July 2001.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17338 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17133 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17533
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2001
- Date searchable:
- 2001-07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.165961, -2.354312
7. Members of Yaw Dabla Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with members of Yaw Dabla Katoo: Kwaku Zuku (Apamhene; left) and Jonathan Kwabena Miwo (middle), Ahenkro, 24 July, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17500
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Family history; Yaw Dabla Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-07-24
- Genre:
- Black-and-white negative
- Genre Facet:
- Black-and-white negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
8. Afua Wewa, Banda Heritage Initiative interview, Ahenkro, 2018
- Description:
- Afua Wewa is pictured on the occasion of a filmed interview with the Banda Heritage Initiative Local Committee during which she spoke about life in earlier decades in Wewa village. Ahenkro, 24 August, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Wewa
- Subjects:
- Wewa; Banda Heritage Initiative
- Subjects Facet:
- Villages; Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-08-24
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Wewa;8.164591, -2.355672
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
9. Yaw Fori, Swordbearer, Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, has long provided swordbearers (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun) to the Banda paramount stool. Yaw Fori, pictured here, held the position in 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16689
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history; Swordbearers
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-07-29
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
10. Members of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo, Gbao, 1986
- Description:
- Elders of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo: Kofi Asԑmpasa (center) and Yaa Gbao (right) with James Anane (left), Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17437
- Location(s) Facet:
- Gbao
- Subjects:
- Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo; Family history
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.147021, -2.362744
11. Preparing calabash at farm, Banda, 1982
- Description:
- A group of men work together, gathered at farm, processing calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) for market sale. The calabash is split, its pulpy interior removed, and the gourd's interior surface scraped clean before drying. Shavings from this thinning process are scattered about on the ground. Several children are gathered nearby as the men work. A basket sits next to a pile of prepared calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra). Farm near Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Calabash; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Baskets; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 22
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-28
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre
12. Members of Kofi Krԑma Katoo, Ahenkro , 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with Elders of Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo. Seated center Donkor Amma, female head; seated right Kwadwo Abedi, male head. Banda-Ahenkro, 13 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17486
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Kofi Krԑma [Krema] Katoo; Family history
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-13
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
13. Afua Fawoman, Banda Heritage Initiative interview, Fawoman, 2018
- Description:
- Afua Fawoman is pictured on the occasion of a filmed interview with the Banda Heritage Initiative Local Committee during which she spoke about the events that led to Fawoman people moving from Brohane to Fawoman. L-R: ___, ___, Afua Fawoman, ___. Fawoman, 1 October, 2018.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Fawoman
- Subjects:
- Relocation; Family history; Village founding; Banda Heritage Initiative
- Subjects Facet:
- Villages; Oral history
- Creator:
- Sampson Attah
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2018
- Date searchable:
- 2018-10-01
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Fawoman;8.120972, -2.240343
- People Facet:
- Sampson Attah
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.120972, -2.240343
14. Members of Shiofi Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with Elders of Shiofi Katoo including Kofi Asare (Abakomahene; seated, second from left). Other members of Shiofi Katoo to the right of Asare, Kwabena Dibi, Yaw Krah, and (standing center) Mensah Listowell. Female head Kosua Yablewo, standing, back right. James Anane (interviewer), standing left. Ahenkro, 24 July, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17493
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Shiofi Katoo; Family history
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-07-24
- Genre:
- Black-and-white negative
- Genre Facet:
- Black-and-white negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
15. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982
- Description:
- Exterior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the foreground, right, a cutlass (machete) rests on a sharpening stone. In the shade of the shelter's eave to the right of its roof-support pole are a small fired clay eating bowl, a clay cooking pot turned upside down resting on its rim, and a larger fired clay water storage pot. Farm shelters provide shade, refuge from rain and a place to rest and prepare food while families are at their farms, which may be located some distance from their homes. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Mats; Farm shelter; Cutlass; Sharpening stone
- Subjects Facet:
- Building; Baskets; Farming; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 35
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-28
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre
16. Amma Bio, Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo, Sanwa, 1986
- Description:
- Amma Bio of Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo demonstrates the dance associated with sinyeele (balo or xylophone) music played at funerals. Male family head Nyua Kwadwo plays the sinyeele. Lying beneath the partially assembled instrument are calabashes that serve as resonators and produce the instrument's distinctive sound. A small wooden stool lies on its side nearby. Sanwa, 6 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17506 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16697
- Location(s) Facet:
- Sanwa
- Subjects:
- Family history; Gbaŋmbɛ [Gbangmbe] Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Music; Balo; Funeral customs and rites; Dance; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash; Xylophone; Stools
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-06
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.142199, -2.372039
17. Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with Elders of Kafͻnͻ Katoo: left, Yaw Fori (Bͻͻnfiԑn Yiifun); right, Kupo Aboateaa, Bamuhene, Ahenkro, 23 July, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16688
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Kafͻnͻ [Kafono] Katoo; Family history
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-07-23
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
18. Members of Kuulo Katoo, Dompofie, 1986
- Description:
- Family history interview with Elders of Kuulo Katoo including (seated front, left to right) Kwame Broma, Tolԑԑ Kwadwo Fordjour (Odikro), Lelԑԑ Afua Fofie (female head). Standing in brown cloth, Kwasi Millah, and to his right Emmanuel Dwira. Other members of Kuulo Katoo pictured are Kwasi Donkor and Kwabena Mensah. James Anane (interviewer) standing left. Dompofie, 6 August, 1986.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17487
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Family history; Kuulo Katoo
- Subjects Facet:
- Oral history
- Creator:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
- Date searchable:
- 1986
- Date searchable:
- 1986-08-06
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Dompofie;8.14816667, -2.36777778
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14816667, -2.36777778
19. Two carved wooden baboon masks, Bongase, 2019
- Description:
- A man holds up for view a male and female pair of carved wooden baboon (Mbong in Ligbi) masks during a 2019 interview with Ligbi elders in Bongase. The male mask (left) has a reflective silver cloth attached. A pair of bush cow (Siginjuru-ayna in Ligbi) masks lays on the table behind. Masks such as these have been used in masquerade dances celebrating special occasions like weddings and public festivals, including the end of Ramadan, the annual month-long period of Muslim fasting. Scholars refer to this masking tradition as "Do," while locally it is termed "Bedu." These same masks were photographed in 1967 by René A. Bravmann during the course of doctoral dissertation fieldwork. For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 147-177. The baboon masks pictured here were worn and photographed in 1995 when Ligbi people from Bongase brought the masquerade to the commissioning celebration for the Banda Cultural Centre. A June 2019 performance of Mbong at a Banda Heritage Event can be viewed through a link below. Bongase, 11 June, 2019.
- 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/17-17332; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Bedu; Banda Cultural Centre; Baboon; Banda Heritage Initiative; Do
- Subjects Facet:
- Wood carvings; Masks; Islam; Marriage customs and rites; Regalia; Rites and ceremonies
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2019
- Date searchable:
- 2019-06-11
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.236556, -2.276194
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.236556, -2.276194
20. Carved wooden face masks, Banda, 1964
- Description:
- Early in his career, art historian Roy Sieber toured Ghana studying the country's indigenous art forms (Interview with Roy Sieber, "African Arts", Vol. 25, no. 4, Oct. 1992, pg. 48). Several years later Sieber's student René Bravmann returned to west central Ghana to study the region's masking traditions. This photo of masks taken by Roy Sieber is Included in René Bravmann's photo archives with the label "Do masks at Banda, R. Sieber photo, 1960s." Masks like these are used in masquerade dances to celebrate special occasions including weddings and public festivals such as the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. In his 1974 book "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press, pg. 166), René Bravmann notes that at the time of his 1967 fieldwork there were in the "Ligbi village of Bungazi [Bongase] six Do [masks]... Interestingly enough, only three years prior to my fieldwork [1964], Roy Sieber recorded twelve Do face masks at Bungazi. My inquiries in 1967 revealed that five of the masks had been stolen and a sixth had deteriorated to the point where it was no longer usable." The masks pictured here (1964) may be among the Bongase masks that were stolen or deteriorated by the time of Bravmann's 1967 visit. Bongase, 1964.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Do
- Subjects Facet:
- Wood carvings; Rites and ceremonies; Dance; Islam; Masquerades; Marriage customs and rites; Regalia; Masks
- Creator:
- Dr. Roy Sieber
- Contributors:
- Dr. René A. Bravmann
- Date searchable:
- 1964
- Date searchable:
- 1964
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.238039, -2.276274
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Roy Sieber
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.238039, -2.276274