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Procession of the paramount chief to the shrine during ritual festival of Akwasidea, Akwamfi Festival, Shai Hills, Akwamfi, Ghana
September 22, 1985
Africa; Ghana
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Donor notes read: "Taken during Ottenberg's Akwamfie Festival Trip to Akwamfie in the Shai Hills (Turn left after Adomi Bridge) with Eugene M. Schaeffer, Cultural Affairs Officer, USIS, and Karie Nabinet (Sociologist). The date on the slide is JAN 85.".
- Collection
- Christopher DeCorse photographs
- Archival grouping
- Christopher DeCorse photographs / Ghana
- Catalog date
- September 22, 1985
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ghana
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- DeCorse, Christopher R
- Recorded subjects
- Ritual and celebration -- Photographs; Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0001
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs