Object Details
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Citation
Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
The photograph depicts Officials wearing large amulets, in the court of Asantehene Otomfuo Nana Opoku Ware II, on the occasion of the state visit of the Ya Na, paramount chief of Dagomba, Northern Region, Ghana. "A royal official at the Asantehene's court in kumasi wears on his head a large rectangular amulet covered with a sheet of richly embossed gold, probably containing powders or other substances reputed to have magical protective powers, or sheets of paper covered with Arabic script." [Timothy F. Garrard, 1989: Gold of Africa, Prestel]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Westinghouse Film and traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971.
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Local Numbers
EENG-VIII-44A, 37.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "C 2 Ash. Ashanti. Ghana, Kumasi. Men wearing wrought-gold tablets as head pieces, attending Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II (ruled 1970- ) on the occasion of a state visit by paramount chief of the province of North Ghana. 3/1971. EE. neg.no. VIII-44A, 37." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
Ghana
Topic
Leaders
Clothing and dress -- Africa
Regalia
Amulets
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Culture
Asante (African people)
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
Date
1971
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 01029
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871014456-2