Sacred beads in a calabash container, Ahenkro, 1995

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The glass beads considered sacred and used in the puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites of Nafana women are stored within a calabash bowl, its lid lying next to it. Most of the beads are imported varieties typical of those that circulated in the Atlantic trade period. On top of two other lidded calabash bowls rests a pair of iron manacles or shackles which are included among ritual paraphernalia. Ahenkro, July 1995.

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  • Dr. Ann B. Stahl
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  • Photographic print
Date digitized
  • 2019-09-24
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  • Color print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Year
  • 1995
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