Paramount Chief Nana Akyanfuo Akowuah Dateh II and regional chiefs, Kumasi, Ghana

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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 Asante Paramount Chief Nana Akyanfuo Akowuah Dateh II, regional chief Kwaku Addai (R) and the heir to Asafo stool (L). He was both Akwamuhene (chief of Akwamu, one of the early Akan kingdoms) and Asafohene (captain of an Asafo company, or a ceremonial head of a group of kinsmen). This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref6088

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo730a07a07-849a-4f1f-8210-ca16be9ad522

Local Numbers

C 2 ASH 36 EE 70

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Exhibitions Note

"Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art" held by the North Carolina Museum of Art from April through August, 2003. LL03-0048

Local Note

N10

Frame value is 9.

Slide No. C 2 ASH 36 EE 70

Place

Africa

Ghana

Topic

Leaders

Regalia

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Animals in art

Animals in art -- Birds

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Culture

Asante (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Ghana

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1970

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1495

Type

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

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

Color slides

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1973-001_ref6088

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo730a07a07-849a-4f1f-8210-ca16be9ad522

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871014377-5

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