Two dancers in masquerade attire at the Banda Cultural Centre Commissioning, 1995

Public Deposited

Two Ligbi men from Bongase appear in masquerade regalia prior to a "Do" or "Bedu" performance at the commissioning celebration of the Banda Cultural Centre in Ahenkro. Their carved wooden masks represent a male and female pair of baboons (mbong in Ligbi). Their heads and shoulders are draped in scarves, they wear raffia skirts around their waist, and over top of socks covering their feet they wear metal jangles on a chain wrapped around their ankles. They are accompanied by a number of men from Bongase. Pictured L-R: Fariah Salah, Kwame Yirikro, Abau Yaya, Abuu Doctor (masked dancer), Adoma, Ansoma Sala (masked dancer), Dandu, Alhaji Moro Mahama. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.

Creator Subject Publisher Identifier Keyword Date created Relation Rights statement Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 8.165961, -2.354312
  • 8.238039, -2.276274
Provider
  • Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Genre
  • Black-and-white negative
Date digitized
  • 2019-09-20
Technical note
  • Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Year
  • 1995
Permalink

This page supports the Zotero and Mendeley browser extensions simply click on the extension widget in your browser to save the objects citation.

Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
file details ABS_1995-07-21_Ahenkro_BongaseMasks_img005-02.tif 2019-09-22 Public
file details ABS_1995-07-21_Ahenkro_BongaseMasks_img011.tif 2019-09-22 Public