Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Ashantee Chiefs
ca. 1890
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.
Street scene of Ashantee chiefs gathered before the front gate of the Cape Coast Castle, Ghana, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Ashantee chiefs at the Front Gate of Cape Coast Castle." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- ca. 1890
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ghana
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen, b&w, 12 x 17.4 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-0170013
Collection: West African photographs