Date: 1995 / Subject(s): mask and wood carving / Genre: black-and-white negative - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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1. Two dancers in masquerade attire at the Banda Cultural Centre Commissioning, 1995

Description:: Two Ligbi men from Bongase appear in masquerade regalia prior to a "Do" or "Bedu" performance at the commissioning celebration of the Banda Cultural Centre in Ahenkro. Their carved wooden masks represent a male and female pair of baboons (Mbong in Ligbi). Their heads and shoulders are draped in scarves, they wear raffia skirts around their waist, and over top of socks covering their feet they wear metal jangles on a chain wrapped around their ankles. They are accompanied by a number of men from Bongase. Pictured L-R: Fariah Salah, Kwame Yirikro, Abau Yaya, Abuu Doctor (masked dancer), Adoma, Ansoma Sala (masked dancer), Dandu, Alhaji Moro Mahama. A performance of Mbong at a June 2019 Banda Heritage Event can be viewed through a link below. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
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/17-17128 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17332 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Bedu; Do; Banda Cultural Centre; Baboon
Subjects Facet:: Textiles; Dance; Clothing; Masquerades; Masks; Ligbi language; Wood carvings
Identifier:: Negatives 14a and 15a
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre:: Black-and-white negative
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-20
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

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