Sujet

Chief's funeral in Accra

Légende

A large mourning party for a deceased chief is gathered in the street. People wearing traditional robes cluster around as two women smeared in white clay (possibly priestesses) are carried through the crowd on the shoulders of men. Original manuscript caption: Funeral Custom. Death of a Chief. Accra.

Date

1918

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Tamlin collection

Notre référence

UMG24A00_461

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39,8Mo (1,7Mo) / 37,7cm x 26,5cm / 4450 x 3127 (300dpi)

Mots clés

large mourning party deceased chief gathered street people wearing traditional robes cluster around two women smeared white clay possibly priestesses carried through crowd shoulders men original manuscript caption funeral custom death chief ghana gold coast historical content history historical photography