Sujet

Chief's funeral in Accra

Légende

An overhead photograph of a large mourning party gathered in the street for a deceased chief. Many of the mourners are dressed in traditional robes and a number are carrying palm leaf mats and food pots on their heads. There are four priestesses within the crowd. Original manuscript caption: Funeral Custom. At the death of a chief. Accra.

Date

1918

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Tamlin collection

Notre référence

UMG24A00_462

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39,4Mo (2,1Mo) / 38,1cm x 25,9cm / 4499 x 3063 (300dpi)

Mots clés

overhead photograph large mourning party gathered street deceased chief many mourners dressed traditional robes number carrying palm leaf mats food pots heads four priestesses within crowd original manuscript caption funeral custom at death chief accra ghana gold coast historical content history historical photography