Bas-relief sculpture adorning small building, near Kumasi, Ghana

Object Details

Local Numbers: EENG-V-16, 28A.
General: Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note: Typed index card reads, "T 2 Ash. Ashanti. Ghana, Kumasi area. Building with polychrome decorations. 7/1970. EE. neg.no. V-16, 28A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Topic: Works of art in situ; Mural painting and decoration; Animals in art; Animals in art -- Crocodiles; Animals in art -- Fishes; Animals in art -- Roosters; Animals in art -- Turtles; Cultural landscapes

See more items in: Eliot Elisofon Field collection; Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Ghana

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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.

Scope and Contents: "Clearly it is important for many Asante artefacts and images to be witty: to express certain truisms concisely and pleasingly. Many of these images are thus absorbed into a wider system of debate and discourse: they suggest ideas about ideal forms of relationship and, by their public appearance, serve to keep these to the forefront of Asante consciousness." [McLeod M.D., 1981: The Asante. British Museum Publications Ltd]. 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.