Paramount Chief Nana Akyanfuo Akowuah Dateh II, Kumasi, Ghana
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-V-19, 34A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "C 2 Ash. Ashanti. Ghana, Kumasi. Paramount Chief Nana Akowuah Dateh II and attendant sword-bearers. He was both Akwamuhene and Asafohene. Seated on the right is regional chief Kwaku Addai. Seated on the left is the heir to Asafo stool. 7/1970. EE. neg.no. V-19, 34A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Ghana
- Topic
- Leaders
- Works of art in situ
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Regalia
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Asante (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Ghana
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 00982
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Scope and Contents
- The photograph depicts Asante Paramount Chief Nana Akyanfuo Akowuah Dateh II and sword-bearers. He was both Akwamuhene and Asafohene. Seated on the right, regional chief Kwaku Addai. Seated on the left, the heir to Asafo stool. "In the nineteenth century sword ornaments became more varied and numerous, often representing a proverbial theme. Further proliferation occured in this century, more specifically after 1924, when the Asantehene Prempeh I returned from his long exile. Paramount chiefs maintain a group of sword-bearers, each of whom carries one of the state swords on public occasions. But while swords are thus essential items of regalia, their use is symbolic." [Timothy F. Garrard, 1989: Gold of Africa, Prestel]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871014400-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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