Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, Yaw Ble wears a strip-woven smock as he plays an antelope antler horn and dances. To the left, women play calabash rattles and Kwabena Nika plays a double iron gong. Drums that belong to the shrine are played as he dances. Four photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Gourd, Calabash
• Drums (musical instrument)
• Funeral customs and rites
• Gongs
• Rites and ceremonies
• West African strip weaving

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• Horn
• Rattles
• Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo

Date created

• 1986-08-08

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Gbao

Coordinates

• 8.147021, -2.362744

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1986

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/40affb7e-0265-441d-95bf-ad80a325bf61

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