Location(s): ahenkro / Date: 1995 / Subject(s): gourd, calabash and nafana (african people) / Genre: photographic print - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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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

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