1. 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

Commentary:

Negative scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.164591, -2.355672