1. 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