Photographs and illustrations taken in Ashanti and the Northern Territories, Ghana, letters and record books.
Various papers. Various sizes
All the entries are photographs unless stated otherwise. The dimensions are of the photographs
Some photographs have running numbers on verso which can be matched to the records of the photographs MS 445/55-57. The records are missing numbers 162-363
Some photographs are batch numbered commencing ‘D’ on verso which are noted
Lantern slides are held in the RAI Photographic Collection
Presented from the estate of the late Dr Rattray, 1938
1/ Photographs published in Ashanti law and constitution by R.S. Rattray. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. Figure 83 is omittted from the published list of plates. The photographs have been prepared for publication by mounting them on paper sheets, except /5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12-14, 19.1, 37, 41.1, 43, 45, 45.1, 49.1, 60, 64, 71.1, 77, 79, 86.1, 106-7, 128, 131-32
/1 Frontispiece missing
/2 Leather bag (fotuo), figure 1. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 Leather bag (fotuo), figure 2. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 Bukyia (cooking hearth), figure 4. 8 x 10.5 cm
/5 Atwene dan (drum room), figure 5. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 1 pg. 10 x 7.5 cm
/6 Corner of the gyasewa, figure 6. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/7 Pato, containing the state umbrellas, figure 7. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/8 Corner of the abanase courtyard, figure 8. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/9 Pato, containing guns, chairs, belts, figure 9. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/10 Mural decorations, figure 10. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 8 cm
/11 Mural decorations, figure 11. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/12 Mural decorations, figure 12. 10 x 8 cm
/13 The town of Kumawu, figure 13. 8 x 10 cm
/14 Fontomfrom drums, round which are human crania, figure 16. 10.5 x 8 cm
/15 Odanmum, a hut without windows or doors, figure 17. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/16 Konina Kakari of Asumegya: [full face], figure 18. 8 x 10.5 cm
/17 Kobina Kakari of Asumegya: [profile], figure 19. 8 x 10.5 cm
/18 The Queen Mother of Asantemanso and custodian of the sacred grove, figure 20. 8 x 10.5 cm
/19 The Queen Mother of Asumegya, figure 21. 11 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 8 cm
/20 Kofi Boaten II, Juaben Hene, figure 23. 10.5 x 8 cm
/21 Akosua Akyama, Juaben Obem?, figure 24. 10.5 x 8 cm
/22 Oyoko Hene of Juaben, figure 25. 10.5 x 8 cm
/23 A Juaben Odehye (Princess), figure 26. 10.5 x 8 cm
/24 An elder of Juaben, figure 27. 10.5 x 8 cm
/25 Santan Hene, Juaben, figure 28. 10.5 x 8 cm
/26 Juaben Hene and Obem?, with stool, figure 29. 8 x 10.5 cm
/27 Juaben Hene and Obem? with agyapadie (stool heirlooms), figure 30. 8 x 10.5 cm
/28 Kokofu Hene, Kofi Adu, figure 32. 8 x 10.5 cm
/29 Asokwa Hene, Kokofu, figure 33. 8 x 10.5 cm
/30 An Okyeame of Kokofu, figure 34. 8 x 10.5 cm
/31 Kontire Hene, Kokofu, figure 35. 8 x 10.5 cm
/32 Kyidom Hene, Kokofu, figure 36. 11 x 8 cm
/33 A Kokofu Fotuosani (treasurer), figure 37. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/34 Akyeame Hene, Kokofu, figure 38. 8 x 10.5 cm
/35 Gyadua (tree) showing stump of former tree that had been cut down by enemies’ forces, figure 39. 10.5 x 8 cm
/36 Abammo pot, figure 41. 8 x 10.5 cm
/37 Central head on lid of abammo pot, figure 42. 10.5 x 8 cm
/38 Kwame Affram taking the oath before the Elders, on his enstoolment, figure 43. 8 x 10.5 cm
/39 Kwame Affram, Kumawu Hene, figure 44. 10.5 x 8 cm
/40 Ya Amponsa, mother of Kwame Affram and Queen Mother of Kumawu, figure 45. 10.5 x 8 cm
/41 Ajua Sewa, daughter of ex-king Prempeh and Queen Mother of Kumawu, figure 46. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/42 Kodia, an ex-Ko’ntire Hene of Kumawu, figure 47. 10.5 x 8 cm
/43 Ya Duna, granddaughter of Ya Amponsa (see fig. 45), figure 48. 10 x 7.5 cm
/44 Asante Kotoko: [a porcupine], figure 49. 8 x 11 cm
/45 Granite rock with grooves on surface, figure 51. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/46 Osai Bonsu, Mampon Hene, figure 52. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/47 Afua Sapon, Queen Mother of Mampon, figure 53. 11 x 8 cm
/48 Kofi Akyigyina (Mampon Akwamu Hene), figure 54. 11 x 8 cm
/49 Kwame Sapon, Mampon Obene’ba, figure 55. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/50 A daughter of the late Chief of Mampon, Owusu Sekyere, figure 56. 11 x 8 cm
/51 Yao Berko of Mampon, Son of King Kakari of Ashanti, figure 57. 10.5 x 8 cm
/52 Aprade Hene, Mampon, full face, figure 58. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/53 Aprade Hene, Mampon, profile, figure 59. 10.5 x 8 cm
/54 A Mampon princess, figure 60. 11 x 8 cm
/55 A Mampon princess, figure 61. 11 x 8 cm
/56 A Babiru Princess of Mampon, figure 62. 11 x 8.5 cm
/57 A Mampon Okyeame. 10.5 x 8 cm [see also MS 445/6/7]
/58 ‘The Shrines of the gods were set each upon its Stool’, figure 64. 10.5 x 8 cm
/59 Shrines of a bosom assembled to celebrate the enstoolment of a new Chief, figure 65. 11 x 8.5 cm
/60 Priest and shrine attending ceremony at enstoolment of a new Chief, figure 66. 10 x 8 cm
/61 Kwama Gyima, Nsuta Hene, figure 69. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/62 Nsuta Hene, with leopard cub, figure 70. 11 x 8.5 cm
/63 Akosua Nni Kra, Queen Mother of Nsuta, figure 71. 11 x 8.5 cm
/64 Gyakye Hene, Nsuta, figure 72. 11 x 8.5 cm
/65 Sana Hene, Nsuta, figure 73. 11.5 x 8.5 cm
/66 Gyase Hene, Nsuta, figure 74. 11 x 8.5 cm
/67 Asokwa Hene, Nsuta, figure 75. 11 x 8.5 cm
/68 Chief of the Stool-carriers, Nsuta, figure 76. 11 x 8.5 cm
/69 An elephant-tail twitcher at the Nsuta court, figure 77. 11 x 8.5 cm
/70 Queen Mother of the Adebi Stool (Nsuta), figure 78. 11 x 8.5 cm
/71 Domakwa Hene, Nsuta, figure 79. 11 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 11 x 8.5 cm
/72 Atipim Hene, Nsuta, figure 80. 11 x 8.5 cm
/73 Ko’ntire Hene, Nsuta, figure 81. 11 x 8.5 cm
/74 Kyidom Hene, Nsuta, figure 82. 11 x 8.5 cm
/75 Brofo Hene, Nsuta, figure 84. 11 x 8.5 cm
/76 Agona Hene, figure 85. 10.5 x 8 cm
/77 ‘Anotche tied a knot in an elephant’s tusk’, figure 86. 8 x 11 cm
/78 Abor? of Agona, figure 87. 11 x 8 cm
/79 ‘The ground was strewn with a number of small perforated pots’, figure 88. 11 x 8 cm
/80 The drums at the ceremony, figure 89. 10.5 x 8 cm
/81 Apimase Obem?, Agona, figure 90. 11 x 8 cm
/82 The Priestess Akua of Agona, figure 91. 10.5 x 8 cm
/83 Agyapa’s Barim, figure 92. 10.5 x 8 cm
/84 Ankobea Hene, Agona, figure 93. 11 x 8 cm
/85 Kwame Anokye of Agona, figure 94. 11 x 8 cm
/86 Ko’ntire Hene, Agona, figure 95. 11 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 7.5 cm
/87 Begyina ’ba, Agona, figure 96. 8 x 11 cm
/88 Obem?, Agona, figure 97. 11 x 8 cm
/89 Gyase Hene, Kumasi, figure 99. 11.5 x 8.5 cm
/90 Kyidom Hene, Kumasi, figure 100. 11 x 8.5 cm
/91 Akwamu Hene, Kumasi, figure 101. 11 x 9 cm
/92 Akyeame Hene, Kumasi, figure 102. 11.5 x 9 cm
/93 Ankobea Hene, Nkoranza, figure 103. 10.5 x 8 cm
/94 Kwame Bafo, Nkoranza Hene, figure 104. 10.5 x 8 cm
/95 Ame Yao, Okyeame Hene, Nkoranza, figure 105. 10.5 x 8 cm
/96 Benkum Hene, Nkoranza, figure 106. 10 x 7.5 cm
/97 Yao Kramo, Tekiman Hene, figure 107. 10.5 x 8 cm
/98 Obem?, Tekiman, figure 108. 10.5 x 8 cm
/99 Twafo Hene, Tekiman, figure 109. 10.5 x 8 cm
/100 An Okyeame of Tekiman, figure 110. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/101 A girl of Tekiman, figure 111. 10.5 x 8 cm
/102 Brong mother and daughter, figure 112. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/103 Gyase Hene, Tekiman, figure 113. 10.5 x 8 cm
/104 Ankobea Hene, Tekiman, figure 114. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/105 Adonten Hene, Tekiman, figure 115. 10.5 x 8 cm
/106 Yao Donko, a Goldsmith of Tekiman, figure 116. 10.5 x 8 cm
/107 Akyeame Hene, Tekiman, figure 117. 10.5 x 8 cm
/108 Pamu Hene, figure 118. 10.5 x 8 cm
/109 Queen Mother of Pamu, figure 119. 10.5 x 8 cm
/110 A fotuosani (treasurer), Wam, figure 120. 10.5 x 8 cm
/111 Barim Hene, Wam, figure 121. 10.5 x 8 cm
/112 Akontan Hene, Wam, figure 122. 10.5 x 8 cm
/113 Okyeame, Wam, figure 123. 10.5 x 8 cm
/114 Head of stool-carriers, Wam, figure 124. 10.5 x 8 cm
/115 A Pamu hunter, figure 125. 10.5 x 8 cm
/116 Aduana Queen Mother, figure 126. 10.5 x 8 cm
/117 Queen Mother of Wamfie, figure 127. 10.5 x 8 cm
/118 Head of the Heralds, Wam, figure 128. 10.5 x 8 cm
/119 An Obrafo (Executioner), figure 129. 10.5 x 8 cm
/120 Priestess of Boabeduru, figure 130. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/121 Chief of Mantukwa Wam, figure 131. 10.5 x 8 cm
/122 Banda Hene, figure 132. 10.5 x 8 cm
/123 Dompo Hene, figure 133. 10.5 x 8 cm
/124 Okyeame of Kolongo, Banda, figure 134. 10.5 x 8 cm
/125 Kofi Kwema, a Priest, Banda, figure 135. 10 x 8 cm
/126 Kolongo Hene, Banda, figure 136. 10.5 x 8 cm
/127 Okyeame, Banda, figure 137. 10.5 x 8 cm
/128 Entrance to a cave in the Banda Mountains, figure 138. 8 x 10.5 cm
/129 An adae ceremony at Banda, note the stools resting on the skin of an elephant, figure 139. 10.5 x 8 cm
/130 An adae ceremony at Banda, the priest on the right is that seen in figure 135, figure 140. 10.5 x 8 cm
/131 Chief Totoe, figure 141. 10.5 x 8 cm
/132 The ‘place of pots’ near ‘the thicket of the ghosts’, figure 142. 8 x 10.5 cm
/2 Illustrations including drawings and photographs published in The tribes of the Ashanti hinterland; by R.S. Rattray. 2 vols. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1932. The photographs have been prepared for publication by mounting them on paper sheets except /1-2, 8, 11, 20-1, 26, 29-31, 34-5, 39, 45-7, 50-50.1, 66-8, 84-5, 89, 91.1, 93, 96, 103, 106, 115, 123, 128, 131, 134-6, 155-6, 165, 168-168.1, 175
Volume I
/1 A Ten’dana, frontispiece. 10 x 7 cm
/2 Victor Aboya, figure 1. 10 x 7.5 cm
/3 Showing zalena net containing the kumpio, figure 2. 9.5 x 7 cm
/4 Man with talking whistle, figure 3. 10 x 7 cm
/5 ‘The Winkono people do not intermarry except into the Alabisi section’, p. 179. 1 genealogical diagr. 15.5 x 16.5 cm. Handdrawn
/6 ‘They will shave their heads in the manner called gulega, or zun kila, or nayiga kunvogura, or yintase, or bonjebego, p. 193. 1 drawing. 13 x 24.5 cm. Handdrawn
.1 Another copy. 1 tracing. 16 x 19 cm. Handdrawn
/7 ‘All descendents from one father and one mother form one section; new sections were founded by so-bia i.e. father’s children, i.e. half brothers. So-bia is also sometimes found in the forms ba-bia. The diagrem illustrates this’, p. 202. 1 genealogical diagram. 13.5 x 18 cm. Hanndrawn
/8 ‘The woman is standing between the two pillars of the entrance’, figure 4. 10.5 x 8 cm
/9 Soothsayer’s shrine, showing hole by which the spirit goes in and out, figure 5. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/10 A soothsayer’s shrine, figure 6. 10.5 x 8 cm
/11 A hunter with arm-quiver, and ‘hunting-calabash’ on head, figure 7. 10 x 8 cm
/12 Showing exterior of compound wall, figure 8. 10.5 x 8 cm
/13 Grain-stores, figure 9. 10.5 x 8 cm
/14 Plan of a compound, figure 10. 1 diagram. 10.5 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/15 Showing dry-season kitchen, and exterior of wet-season kitchen: note buttress foundation of latter, called tatere, figure 11. 10.5 x 8 cm
/16 Showing dry-season kitchen; corn-bins in foreground, figure 12. 10.5 x 8 cm
/17 Showing entrance to the de’kyeno, figure 13. 8.5 x 7.5 cm
/18 Showing raised platform where the Yi-dana may sleep, figure 14. 7.5 x 7.5 cm
/19 Plan of deo, figure 15. 1 drawing. 11 x 20 cm. Handdrawn and verso Explanatory notes. 1 p. Handwritten
/20 A compound (yiri), figure 16. 7 x 10 cm
/21 Ancestral shrines, figure 17. 6.5 x 10 cm
/22 Ancestral shrines, figure 18. 1 drawing. 19 x 28 cm. Handdrawn
.1 Another copy. 6.5 x 14 cm. Handdrawn and verso Explanatory notes. 1 p. Handwritten
/23 Showing za-no-kwaka, figure 19. 1 drawing. 9.5 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/24 Place for grinding corn, figure 20. 1 drawing. 16 x 28 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/25 Showing ledge running round wall of hut, figure 21. 1 drawing. 10 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/26 Grinding corn, figure 22. 7 x 10 cm
/27 A Ten’dama, figure 23. 10 x 7.5 cm
/28 A Ten’dama, figure 24. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
/29 A Ten’dama, figure 25. 10 x 7.5 cm
/30 Three Ten’dama, figure 26. 10 x 7.5 cm
/31 ‘The male goes out and makes the holes’, figure 27. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
/32 The kitchen midden at Paga, figure 28. 6.5 x 10 cm
/33 The entrance to the grave is by a bottle-neck circular hole. 9 x 7 cm
Volume II
/34 ‘The chameleon protects the grain-store’, figure 30. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
/35 The soothsayer (baga) and his bag, figure 31. 10.5 x 8 cm
/36 Soothsayer’s rattle, figure 32. 1 drawing. 6 x 19 cm
.1 Another copy. 2.5 x 14.5 cm. Handdrawn
/37 Soothsayer’s wand, figure 33. 1 drawing. 7 x 19 cm
.1 Another copy. 2 x 11 cm. Handdrawn
/38 Soothsayer’s stones, figure 34. 1 drawing. 4.5 x 14 cm
.1 Another copy. 5 x 17.5 cm. Handdrawn
/39 ‘With one hand upon his magic wand’, figure 35. 8 x 10.5 cm
/40 ‘We all assembled beside the new shrine’, figure 36. 7.5 x 10 cm
/41 ‘This boy was badly disfigured’, figure 37. 8.5 x 7.5 cm
/42 ‘… placed both his hands upon the new shrine’, figure 38. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/43 ‘He sacrificed the fowl’, figure 39. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/44 Shrines, figure 40. 1 drawing. 8.5 x 17.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 6 x 20 cm. Handdrawn and verso Explanatory notes. 1 p. Handwritten
/45 Aganda’s wife with her grandson, figure 41. 8 x 10.5 cm
/46 Showing Nankanse markings, figure 42. 9.5 x 7 cm
/47 Keloids formed by poisoning of tattoo cuts, figure 43. 10.5 x 8 cm
/48 ‘Those from Kologo, Naga, Kandega, Mirebu, Tangosogo, Po’mologo-Serego, in addition to Nankanse marks … have six cuts spreading from the eye to the ear, thus, on each side of the face, pp. 329-30. 1 drawing. 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Handdrawn
.1 Another copy. 13.5 x 17.5 cm. Handdrawn and attached Explanatory notes. 1 p. 20 x 9 cm. Handwritten
/49 Tattooer’s knife, figure 44. 1 drawing. 4.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 2.5 x 9.5 cm. Handdrawn
/50 Nankani woman Winkogu, showing straw lip ornament, figure 45. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/51 Lip-ornaments, figure 46. 1 drawing. 4 x 19 cm
.1 Another copy. 2 x 14.5 cm. Handdrawn
/52 Ear-ornament, figure 47. 1 drawing. 5.5 x 16 cm
.1 Another copy. 3 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/53 Bangle, figure 48. 1 drawing. 4.5 x 5 cm
.1 Another copy. 6 x 15 cm. Handdrawn
/54 Loin-cloth, figure 49. 1 drawing. 5.5 x 13.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 7.5 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/55 Showing method of wearing leaves. 1 drawing. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 2.5 x 7 cm. Handdrawn
/56 ‘ … a dress for special occasions’, figure 51. 10 x 8 cm
/57 ‘The women smoke long pipes’, figure 52. 10.5 x 8 cm
/58 Bow and arrow, figure 53. 1 drawing. 10 x 26 cm
.1 Another copy. 4.5 x 20.5 cm. Handdrawn
/59 Hoe and axe, figure 54. 1 drawing. 19 x 25 cm
.1 Another copy. 5 x 20.5 cm. Handdrawn and verso Explanatory notes. 1 p. Handwrittten
/60 A Winkono elder, figure 55. 10.5 x 8 cm
/61 A young girl, figure 56. 10.5 x 8 cm
/62 Aboya’s wife, figure 57. 10.5 x 8 cm
/63 A young boy of the Leopard and Fowl clan. 10.5 x 8 cm
/64 Her first frock, figure 59. 10.5 x 8 cm
/65 Victor Aboya’s mother and the author at Winkono, figure 60. 10.5 x 8 cm
/66 A blacksmith and his wife. Note his beard plaited to prevent it catching fire as he works, figure 61. 10 x 7 cm
/67 The blacksmith’s wife, figure 62. 10.5 x 8 cm
/68 Sayezza – a section-head, figure 63. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/69 Grave of Talense chief, figure 64. 7.5 x 10 cm
/70 Talense graves, figure 65. 7 x 10.5 cm
/71 Talense shrines, figure 66. 1 drawing. 9.5 x 19 cm
.1 Another copy. 4 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/72 Talense shrines, figure 67. 1 drawing. 10.5 x 19 cm
.1 Another copy. 3.5 x 20 cm. Handdrawn
/73 Sayebere’s hand is resting on the chameleon’, figure 68. 10.5 x 8 cm
/74 Talense shrines, figure 69. 10.5 x 8 cm
/75 A tim bager, figure 70. 9.5 x 7.5 cm
/76 ‘The soothsayer then began to rattle’, figure 71. 6 x 10 cm
/77 Ancestral shrines, figure 72. 10 x 7.5 cm. Note: Head Cifi Zugu edder Winkogu
/78 Figure 73 missing
/79 Figure 74 missing
/80 ‘Clothes were piled up and scattered over the boulders’, figure 75. 9 x 7.5 cm
/81 ‘We came to the low entrance of the cave’, figure 76. 6.5 x 10 cm
/82 The old Ten’dan’ about to make the sacrifice, figure 77. 10.5 x 8 cm
/83 Talense women, figure 78. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/84 The Chief of the Namnam, figure 79. 8 x 10.5 cm
/85 A Namnam Ten’dan’, figure 80. 10.5 x 8 cm
/86 Figure 81 missing
/87 A Namnam woman, figure 82. 10.5 x 8 cm
/88 Namnam children and shrines, figure 83. 10.5 x 8 cm
/89 Namnam shrines, figure 84. 8 x 10.5 cm
/90 Namnam shrines, figure 85. 7 x 9.5 cm
/91 A Kusase compound, figure 86. 6.5 x 9.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/92 The zonhut. Note cross above doorway, figure 87. 9 x 7 cm
/93 Kusage graves, figure 88. 7.5 x 10.5 cm
/94 Figure 89 missing
/95 ‘Many of the Builsa have the following facial markings: a long cut from the nose downwards across each cheek, crossed by two shorter cuts running towards the ear’, p. 400. 1 drawing. 13.5 x 13 cm
.1 Another copy. 4.5 x 7 cm. Handdrawn
/96 Kanjag’ Pen (note the pile of pots), figure 90. 8 x 10.5 cm
/97 The Chief of the Tortoise clan, figure 91. 10.5 x 8 cm
/98 A Kumbelo, figure 92. 10.5 x 8 cm
/99 A Dagaba compound, figure 93. 7 x 9.5 cm
/100 A Fulani herdsman’s wife and daughter, figure 94. 8.5 x 7 cm
/101 Fulani girls, figure 95. 7.5 x 10 cm
/102 Fulani girls, figure 96. 7.5 x 10 cm
/103 The blood was caught in a pot, figure 97. 8 x 9.5 cm
/104 The corpse is put up outside the compound, figure 98. 10.5 x 8 cm
/105 A Dagaba funeral, figure 99. 10.5 x 8 cm
/106 ‘Xylophones are set up in the shade’, figure 100. 7.5 x 10.5 cm
/107 ‘Near realtions are led about by the arms’, figure 101. 7 x 10 cm
/108 ‘ … or tied with ropes’, figure 102. 9.5 x 7 cm
/109 ‘The corpse is let down feet first into the grave’, figure 103. 6.5 x 7 cm
/110 Sweeping the clan totem from the corpse, figure 104. 9 x 7 cm
/111 Dagaba, figure 105, 10.5 x 8 cm
/112 Dagaba, figure 106. 10.5 x 8 cm
/113 A Lobi compound, figure 107. 7 x 10 cm
/114 A Lobi compound, figure 108. 6.5 x 10 cm
/115 A Lobi compound, figure 109. 7.5 x 10 cm
/116 Lobi sa-da, figure 110. 7.5 x 7 cm
/117 The Chief of Lawra with his father’s shrine sa-da, figure 111. 8.5 x 7 cm
/118 ‘We all try to get our sons to marry our sister’s daughters’, p. 437. 1 genealogical diagram. 10 x 17 cm. Handdrawn
/119 Lobi mother and cradle, figure 112. 10.5 x 8 cm
/120 Lobi baby in cradle, figure 113. 10.5 x 8 cm
/121 ‘They then begin to sing to the accompaniment of small iron bells shaped thus’, p. 445. 1 drawing. 8 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 17 x 19 cm. Handdrawn
/122 ‘Five to ten persons may be buried in one grave, which is shaped somewhat like this’, p. 445. 1 drawing. 7 x 14 cm
.1 Another copy. 3 x 19 cm. Handdrawn
/123 Lobi woman showing lip ornaments, figure 114. 10.5 x 8 cm
/124 Showing method of tying up the penis, figure 115. 9.5 x 7 cm
/125 Showing method of tying up the penis, figure 116. 7 x 10 cm
/126 A Lobi Elder sitting on his hoe, figure 117. 10.5 x 8 cm
/127 Showing the ornament called nyawie, figure 118. 10.5 x 8 cm
/128 A Lobi woman, figure 119. 8 x 10.5 cm
/129 A Lobi ‘blood’, figure 120. 10.5 x 8 cm
/130 Sisters, figure 121. 10.5 x 8 cm
/131 A Lobi grain or groundnut store, figure 122. 8 x 10.5 cm
/132 A Wala house showing Mohammedan influence, figure 123. 6 x 10 cm
/133 Doorway to a house in Wa, figure 124. 9.5 x 7 cm
/134 A Walo of Wukyau, figure 125. 10.5 x 8 cm
/135 Bawumia, Ten’dana of Gambaga, figure 126. 10.5 x 8 cm
/136 The Na of Naleregu, figure 127. 10.5 x 8 cm
/137 ‘Mampurse grave is an oblong’, p. 461. 1 diagram. 4.5 x 9 cm
.1 Another copy. 6.5 x 17.5 cm. Handdrawn
/138 Figure 128 missing
/139 Dimoa, Tinteintina of the Crow clan, figure 129. 10.5 x 8 cm
/140 Kanton II, Chief of the Isala, figure 130. 10.5 x 8 cm
/141 The fetters at Kon, figure 131. 10.5 x 8 cm
/142 A Bala clansman and his totem at Jifishi, figure 132. 10.5 x 8 cm
/143 A crocodile and a Crocodile clanswoman, figure 133. 10.5 x 8 cm
/144 An Isala compound, figure 134. 8 x 10.5 cm
/145 Figure 135 missing
/146 On the flat roof of an Isala compound, figure 136. 7.5 x 10 cm
/147 The late Salafu, who was a great hunter, figure 137. 8 x 10.5 cm
/148 ‘An old woman sits beside the body’, figure 138. 10.5 x 8 cm
/149 ‘ … sits on a mat with a basket’, figure 139. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/150 Sigu mask, figure 140. 1 drawing. 8 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 21 cm. Handdrawn
/151 ‘The body was brought out and placed leaning against the wall’, figure 141. 10 x 7.5 cm
/152 The shrine of Wei or Wea at Tumu, figure 142. 6 x 9.5 cm
/153 ‘Dimoa now advanced to the circular mound’, figure 143. 7 x 9.5 cm
/154 ‘Pouring out the water over the shrine’, figure 144. 9 x 7 cm
/155 The sheep being sacrificed on top of the shrine, figure 145. 8 x 10.5 cm
/156 ‘Batine then poured out the water’, figure 146. 8 x 10.5 cm
/157 The scene at the sacrifice to Tumu We’haiya, figure 147. 6.5 x 9.5 cm
/158 Telewei Vene, figure 148. 9.5 x 7 cm
/159 Braima, an Isala of the Crow clan, figure 149. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/160 The wife of Salafu, the hunter [standing], figure 150. 10.5 x 8 cm
/161 The wife of Salafu, the hunter [seated], figure 151. 10.5 x 8 cm
/162 Isala woman and child [facing front], figure 152. 10.5 x 8 cm
/163 Isala woman and child [facing sideways], figure 153. 10.5 x 8 cm
/164 A Kasena compound with the shrines in the background, figure 154. 8 x 10 cm
/165 Kasena shrines, figure 155. 8 x 10.5 cm
/166 The Tumpane drums of the Na of the Mampruse, figure 156. 10.5 x 8 cm
/167 Abdulai II, Na of Yendi, figure 157. 10.5 x 8 cm
/168 The Mba Dogo of Yendi, figure 158. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/169 The Gold Coast – languages and dialects. Accra, Survey H.Q., 1927. 1 map. 42 x 28 cm. This map is the basis for the adapted map ‘Tribal and linguistic map of the Gold Coast Colony’, published attached to the end-paper of Vol. II after p. 604
.1 [Tracing of MS 445/2/169 noting languages of tribes of the Northern Territories]. 1 map. 38 x 25 cm
.2 Negative of ‘Tribal and linguistic map of the Gold Coast Colony’, attached to end paper after p. 604. 1 negative of photograph of map. 10.5 x 8 cm
/3 Illustrations including drawings and photographs published in Ashanti; by R.S. Rattray. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923. The photographs have been prepared for publication by mounting them on paper sheets except /3, 23.1, 25, 30.1, 31.1, 37.1, 38.1-.2, 39.1, 53, 56.1, 57.1, 59.1, 60.1, 61.1, 65.1, 70.1-.2, 71.1, 89.1, 90.1, 91.1, 111.1, 115.1, 121.1, 122.2, 134.1
/1 A temple and priest of ’Nyame, the god of the sky, frontispiece. 11 x 8.5 cm
/2 Lake Bosomtwe, looking south, figure 1. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/3 About to sacrifice a white fowl upon the Abrodwum stone, figure 2. 8.5 x 11 cm
/4 The Abrodwum stone near Lake Bosomtwe, figure 3. 8.5 x 11 cm
/5 On the lake shore just before the white fowl was cast into the water, figure 4. 8.5 x 11 cm
/6 The white fowl floating in the lake, figure 5. 8.5 x 11 cm
/7 The making of the raft, figure 6. 8.5 x 11 cm
/8 The raft at the landing place at Abrodwum, figure 7. 8 x 11 cm
/9 Showing various positions on mpadua, figure 8. 8 x 10.5 cm
/10 Showing various positions on mpadua, figure 9. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/11 Villagers on mpadua turning out to meet our raft, figure 10. 8 x 10.5 cm
/12 Two young scouts dashing off to announce our arrival at a village, figure 11. 8 x 11 cm
/13 On the lake: note the great tree top showing above the water, figure 12. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/14 Showing method of propelling the raft: a tractor, figure 13. 8 x 11 cm
/15 Propelling the raft from the stern, figure 14. 8 x 10.5 cm
/16 The fishermen, having dived and picked up the bottom of the net, are about to work their way along to the pocket at the end, figure 15. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/17 Working along to the pocket, figure 16. 8.5 x 11 cm
/18 Nearing the pocket, figure 17. 8 x 11 cm
/19 Unlacing the pocket, figure 18. 8 x 10.5 cm
/20 The catch: note the wooden bowl, figure 19. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/21 Drummers at an Adae ceremony, figure 20. 8 x 10.5 cm
/22 Drummers at an Adae ceremony, figure 21. 8 x 11 cm
/23 Elephant horn blowers at an Adae ceremony, figure 22. 8 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 11 cm
/24 Scene at an Adae ceremony, figure 23. 8 x 10.5 cm
/25 The blood being collected in a wooden bowl, figure 24. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/26 Threading the meat on wooden skewers, figure 25. 8 x 11 cm
/27 The meat on the skewers being carried into the stool house, figure 26. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/28 Twins who were present at the Adae, figure 27. 8 x 11 cm
/29 Greeting the spirits of ancestors at an Adae, figure 28. 8.5 x 11 cm
/30 The sacrifice – held on the shoulders of an attendant, figure 29. 8 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 11 cm
/31 The scene in the court-yard, figure 30. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/32 The sacrifice being cut up, figure 31. 8 x 10.5 cm
/33 The stool-carriers smearing the blood of the sacrifice upon the stools, figure 32. 8.5 x 11 cm
/34 The chief pouring out a libation in front of the central stool, figure 33. 10.5 x 8 cm
/35 The spirits are left to eat and drink, figure 34. 8.5 x 11 cm
/36 The guardian of the blackened stools, figure 35. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/37 Preceded by the chief’s ‘white’ stool, figure 36. 11 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/38 The two linguists drinking wine after the ceremony in the stool house, figure 37. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 11 cm
.2 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/39 The altar and shrine of Ta Kese, figure 38. 11 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/40 Setting out for the sacred grove, figure 39. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/41 The approach to the sacred grove, figure 40. 11 x 8.5 cm
/42 Kobina Wusu, figure 41. 8x 11 cm
/43 The chief pouring out the wine into the pots, figure 42. 11 x 8.5 cm
/44 The trees at the sacred grove being dressed in white calico, figure 43. 11 x 8 cm
/45 At the ceremony, figure 44. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/46 … led by his sandal bearers …, figure 45. 8.5 x 11 cm
/47 A sheep was now carried forward to where the men were mixing the earth and water, figure 46. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/48 The chief smearing the red clay upon his subjects, figure 47. 8 x 10.5 cm
/49 Rum was served out, figure 48. 8 x 10.5 cm
/50 He danced in person, holding a rifle in his hand, figure 49. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/51 Today is Fodwo … spirits of our ancestors come and eat rice, figure 50. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/52 The Queen Mother of Nsoko, figure 51. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/53 ‘Nyame dua, altar to the Sky God, figure 52. 11 x 8.5 cm
/1 This photograph (fig. 52, Nyame dua, …) loaned to The Foreign Field (A. 1507) on July 28 1924. 1 note. 10.5 x 13.5 cm. Handwritten
/54 ‘The gold and silver ornaments, in the form of crescent moons, worn round the young priest’s neck, have embossed upon them the sun, moon and the stars’, p. 143. 1 rubbing, 18.5 x 12 cm. Handdrawn. Note on rubbing: Osrane, (vide photos), worn round neck of priest to Oyame
/55 [Another similar rubbing to MS 445/3/54], p. 143. 1 rubbing. 18.5 x 12 cm. Handdrawn. Note on rubbing: Osrane, (vide photo) worn round neck of priests of Oyname
/56 The Apo ceremony at Tekiman, figure 53. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/57 The Apo ceremony at Tekiman, figure 54. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/58 A shrine under an umbrella, figure 55. 8.5 x 11 cm
/59 The gods taking the air, figure 56. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/60 Priestesses resting upon afona (iron swords) after dancing, figure 57. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm
/61 Priestesses dancing with cow-tail switches in their hands, figure 58. 8 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/62 A priest in kilt made of palm-leaf fibre, figure 59. 10.5 x 8 cm
/63 A priest walking round shaking hands during an interval, figure 60. 8.5 x 11 cm
/64 A shrine on a stool just about to be carried out to join the other gods, figure 61. 8.5 x 11 cm
/65 One of the priests carried on a man’s shoulders, figure 62. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/66 The head priestess and her companions went and sat down under their great umbrellas, figure 63. 7.5 x 10.5 cm
/67 The priest … of Kum Aduasia impersonated a leopard, figure 64. 8 x 10 cm
/68 The executioner, figure 65. 8 x 10.5 cm
/69 The head priestess … appeared to be in a trance, figure 66. 8 x 10.5 cm
/70 He then began to dance to the accompaniment of drums and singing, figure 67. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
.2 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/71 The priest dancing gazing into a mirror, figure 68. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 Another copy. 10 x 8 cm
/72 They danced holding two little wooden dolls, figure 69. 10.5 x 8 cm
/73 Some priests who attended the Apo ceremony, figure 70. 11 x 8 cm
/74 The highest shrine is that of Ta Kese, figure 71. 8 x 10.5 cm
/75 The shrines of the lesser gods were ranged all round the walls, figure 72. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/76 Brong girls at the Apo ceremony, figure 73. 10.5 x 8 cm
/77 The outside of Ta Kora’s temple at Tano Oboase, figure 74. 8 x 10.5 cm
/78 The mural designs on the wall of Ta Kora’s temple, figure 75. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/79 Inside the courtyard of the temple, figure 76. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/80 The shrine and altar of Ta Kore, figure 77. 11 x 8.5 cm
/81 The old ‘red’ priest leaning forward towards the god, figure 78. 11 x 8.5 cm
/82 Ame Yao’s cave, figure 79. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/83 Temple to Ntoa near ’Tano Oboase, figure 80. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/84 A modern adaptation of a similar temple at Nkoranza, figure 81. 10.5 x 8 cm
/85 We came to the base of the rocks, figure 82. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/86 Bosomtwe rocks, figure 83. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/87 The interior of Ame Yao’s cave, figure 84. 11 x 8.5 cm
/88 Bokoro, the king’s seat, figure 85. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/89 The source of the mighty Tano river, figure 86. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/90 The white man says he has come to give you a morning greeting, figure 87. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/91 An altar … on the Tano near Kuntunso, figure 88. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/92 The platform or altar in the background has set upon it the shrine of Asubonten, figure 89. 8.5 x 11 cm
/93 The sacrifice of a white fowl to Asubonten, figure 90. 11 x 8.5 cm
/94 The priest … singing ‘Father, I am miserable’, figure 91. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/95 The whitewash was mixed by some very old women, figure 92. 8 x 10.5 cm
/96 The work was done by women to the accompaniment of songs and rattles, figure 93. 8 x 10.5 cm
/97 The work was superintended by the chief priestess, figure 94. 10.5 x 8 cm
/98 The chief priestess walking beside another priestess who is carrying a shrine, figure 95. 8 x 10.5 cm
/99 ‘A band called bibire, made of some twisted fibre about the thickness of the little finger, was crossed over her [the head priestess] back after passing round her neck, and fastened round the upper part of the arms’, p. 209. 1 drawing. 3.5 x 4 cm. Handdrawn
/100 The Afabye ceremony: the shrines of the gods returning from the water, figure 96. 8 x 10.5 cm
/101 The escort to a shrine, figure 97. 8 x 10.5 cm
/102 Escorted back to the village amid the firing of guns, figure 98. 8 x 10.5 cm
/103 The shrines, one by one, were taken into the stoolhouse, figure 99. 8 x 10.5 cm
/104 Here were arranged in two rows eleven little enamel bowls, figure 100. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/105 Ntumpane (talking drums), figure 101. 8 x 10.5 cm
/106 Talking drums, figure 102. 11 x 8.5 cm
/107 ‘He first cut a small square on the surface at the left hand side of the ‘male’ and another on the right hand side of the ‘female’ drum, with two diagonal lines’, p. 262. 1 drawing. 3.5 x 5 cm. Handdrawn
/108 The desecration of the Golden Stool. Kojo Danso before the tribunal, figure 103. 8 x 10.5 cm
/109 The accused awaiting the verdict, figure 104. 8 x 10.5 cm
/110 ‘Anotchi, … with the help of his supernatural power, is stated to have brought down from the sky, … a wooden stool with three supports and partly covered with gold’, p. 289. 1 drawing. 7.5 x 6.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 6.5 x 10.5 cm. Handdrawn
/111 The scene outside the fort at Coomassie, figure 105. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 9 x 11.5 cm
/112 The Silver Stool of the Queen Mother at Mampon, figure 106. 8 x 10.5 cm
/113 The consecration of the Princess Mary’s Silver Stool, figure 107. 8 x 10.5 cm
/114 Supreme Being upon whom men leand and do not fall, figure 108. 8 x 10.5 cm
/115 The Queen Mother showing her daughter what to do, figure 109. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/116 The stool was carried under an umbrella, figure 110. 10.5 x 8 cm
/117 The shrine of Ta Yao, figure 111. 11 x 8 cm
/118 The scales (nsenia) and scoop, figure 112. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/119 Spoons … and boxes …, figure 113. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/120 Ashanti weights, figure 114. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/121 Ashanti weights, figure 115. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/122 Ashanti weights, figure 116. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/123 Ashanti weights, figure 117. 8 x 11 cm
/124 Ashanti weights, figure 118. 8 x 11 cm
.1 Another copy. 1 plate. 13 x 17 cm. Printed. Manuscript note: This shows upper part of stool only 3 supports. Please ask Davis redraw from this & my original sketch!
/125 Ashanti weights, figure 119. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/126 Ashanti weights, figure 120. 8 x 10.5 cm
/127 Ashanti weights, figure 121. 8 x 10.5 cm
/128 Ashanti weights, figure 122. 8 x 10.5 cm
/129 Ashanti weights, figure 123. 8 x 10.5 cm
/130 Ashanti weights, figure 124. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/131 ‘The smith now took a small crucible (semua), into which he put pieces of a brass rod …’, p. 307. 1 drawing. 4.5 x 6.5 cm
/132 Some ‘Proverb’ weights, figure 125. 15 x 21 cm
/133 ‘Proverb’ weights, figure 126. 12 x 16 cm
/134 Ashanti weights, figure 127. 8 x 10.5 cm
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm
/135 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 128. 10.5 x 8 cm
/136 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 129. 8 x 10.5 cm
/137 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 130. 8 x 10.5 cm
/138 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 131. 8 x 10.5 cm
/139 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 132. 8.5 x 11 cm
/140 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 133. 8.5 x 11 cm
/141 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 134. 8 x 10.5 cm
/142 Metal vessels (kuduo), figure 135. 8 x 11 cm
/143 Kuduo in street at Kokofu, figure 136. 8 x 11 cm
/144 A metal bowl with inscription in Arabic, figure 137. 8 x 10.5 cm
/145 Kuduo, figure 138. 7.5 x 10 cm
/146 Kuduo, figure 139. 9 x 11.5 cm. 1 drawing. Printed on p. 314
.1 Kuduo. 1 photograph from which the drawing is taken. 8 x 10.5 cm
/147 Showing some fragments of nsemua (tuyers) and celts, figure 140. 8 x 11 cm
/148 Showing several long celts, figure 141. 8 x 11 cm
/149 ‘ … were unearthed two curious objects of clay, one apparently unbaked, the other having been subjected to intense heat. These seemed to be fragments of a pipe, and reconstructed would have this appearance’, p. 326. 1 drawing. 5 x 7.5 cm. Printed
/150 ‘West African celts … fall into one or other of the following groups: – short celts with ground edges and tapering butt, figure 1; short celts with ground edges, the butt as wide, or nearly so, as the cutting edge, figure 2; cylindrical stones with both ends blunt, figure 3; cones, figure 4, p. 328. 4 drawings on 1 sheet. 7.5 x 9.5 cm. Printed
/151 Showing three long celts, figure 142. 8 x 10.5 cm
/152 Showing one long celt, figure 143. 8.5 x 11 cm
/4 Photographs published in Religion and Art in Ashanti; by R.S. Rattray. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1927
/1 Bantama, the mausoleum of Ashanti kings; in the foreground is the aya kese (great brass vessel), frontispiece. 10 x 14.5 cm
/2 Summum pots at the foot of the Akata tree, figure 1, numbered 271. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/3 ‘He then broke the eggs and rubbed them in the bark, figure 2, numbered 273. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/4 ‘Here is wine from their hands’, figure 3, numbered 272. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/5 ‘He then held the calabash for those who were present also to drink’, figure 4, numbered 275. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/6 Breaking an egg upon a new pair of talking drums, figure 5. 8 x 10.5 cm. D374
/7 Sacrificing a fowl before the new talking drums, figure 6. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
.1 Another copy. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/8 Suman (Group A), figure 7: ‘Actually in the possession of a practising okomfo’. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
.1 Another copy. 8 x 10.5 cm. D856
/9 A priest (okomfo), figure 8: shows priest wearing the various suman … and also peculiar headgear’. 11 x 8.5 cm. D856
/10 Suman (Group B), figure 9: ‘ … collection obtained in a part of Ashanti remote from the places where those of Group A were in use’. 11.5 x 16 cm
/11 Suman (Group B), figure 10: ‘Shows an ordinary cheap trade mirror with a sliding front to protect the glass’. 16 x 11.5 cm
/12 Suman (Group B), figure 11: ‘… head bands worn by priests called Ahumu’. 11 x 15.5 cm
/13 Suman (Group B), figure 12: ‘these two suman are called mpobi …’ 11 x 15.5 cm
/14 Suman (Group B), figure 13: ‘depicts six suman …’ 10 x 15 cm
/15 Suman (Group B), figure 14: ‘suman known as asase or gyeme and are worn round the ankles of a priest to prevent his stumbling when dancing’. 11.5 x 15.5 cm
/16 Suman (Group B), figure 15: ‘is a suman called Kadwo …’ 16 x 11.5 cm
/17 The Chief of Bantama with a war-dress and head-dress covered with charms, figure 16. 10.5 x 8 cm. D739. [See also MS 445/46]
/18 Suman (Group B), figure 17: ‘… No. 1 is the well-known Nkabere Suman … No. 2 is a suman called Bodu Wangara, consisting of a single horn of the bush buck …’ 11 x 15.5 cm
/19 Suman (Group B), figure 18: ‘No. 1 called Bototoa … worn round the waist; No. 2 a cow’s tail …; No. 3 a cow’s horn and sheep’s horn, No. 4 a sheep’s horn …’ 11.5 x 16 cm
/20 ‘Two fairies and a Sasabonsam’, figure 19. 11 x 8.5 cm
/21 My little ‘pygmy’ friend and another, figure 20. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107. [See also MS 445/30]
/22 The ‘pygmy’ in profile, figure 21, numbered 328. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265. [See also MS 445/30]
/23 The ‘pygmy’ showing whole figure in profile, figure 22. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107. [See also MS 445/30]
/24 Kojo Pira and another, figure 23. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D297
/25 Figure 24 missing
/26 Figure 25 missing
/27 The witch-finder’s dance at Lake Bosomtwe, figure 26. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/28 ‘They danced in a stooping posture’, figure 27. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/29 Akua Mm?, figure 28. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/30 Ashanti kitchen midden, figure 29. 8 x 10.5 cm
/31 ‘Upon this the infant is placed’, figure 30. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D293
/32 ‘The mother smeared over with white clay’, figure 31. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D297
/33 ‘The baby is fed out of the metal spoon’, figure 32. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D293
/34 A ‘come and stay’ child, figure 33. 10.5 x 8 cm. D836
/35 A Begyina ’Ba, figure 34. 11 x 8.5 cm. D836
/36 Figure 35 missing
/37 ‘Adorned to make a fine show’, figure 36. 10.5 x 8 cm. D707
/38 ‘The girl then took up her position in the village street’, figure 37. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
/39 ‘Seated under an umbrella with her mother’, figure 38. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
/40 ‘Waving white flags and singing Bara songs’, figure 39. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
/41 ‘The girl’s mother sponged her child down to the waist’, figure 40. 8 x 10.5 cm. D789
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
/42 ‘The Gyabom suman is placed upon his lap’ (Ashanti wood-carving) …, figure 41. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/43 ‘The nasal septum is pierced’ (Ashanti wood-carving), figure 42. 11 x 8.5 cm. D856
/44 Nkram’ (‘in the midst of blood’), figure 43. 10.5 x 8 cm. D739
/45 ‘The Bonsambuoho on chief Totoe’s left’, figure 44. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/46 The site of the spot formerly known as Diakomfoase, figure 45. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/47 Bantama, showing the royal mausoleum and the aya kese (the great brass vessel), figure 46. 9.5 x 14.5 cm
/48 The asokwafo, horn-blowers, who are also the royal sextons, figure 47. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D815
/49 Ofusu, sitting by ‘Osai Tutu’s wall’, figure 48. 10.5 x 8 cm. D739
/50 A brass coffer from the mausoleum at Bantama, figure 49. 11.5 x 16 cm. 6153
.1 Another copy. 11 x 16 cm
/51 ‘Bantama … a few mounds alone now mark its site’, figure 50. 8 x 10 cm. D739
/52 The European cementery now at Bantama, figure 51. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/53 Old Ashanti architectural designs, figure 52. 11 x 8.5 cm. D856
/54 Old Ashanti architecture, figure 53. 10.5 x 8 cm. D856
/55 A kuduo, figure 54. 14 x 11.5 cm [see also MS 445/51]
/56 Figure 55 missing
/57 An Ashanti weight, figure 56. 10 x 8 cm
/58 Kusi Bodom Barim, figure 57. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/59 The chief of the village of B-, figure 58. 10.5 x 8 cm. D739
/60 The Akyere made burial ground, figure 59. 8 x 10.5 cm D739
/61 The burial ground called ‘Ahemaho’, figure 60. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/62 The body is laid on its left side, figure 61. 8 x 11 cm. D107
/63 Firing guns at a funeral, figure 62. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D865
/64 Drumming at a funeral: ntumpane drums on the left, fontomfrom drums on the right, figure 63. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/65 Dancing at a funeral, figure 64. 8.5 x 11 cm. D865
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 11 cm. D865
/66 An old woman at a funeral (note the mourning band on the head), figure 65. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/67 An abusa kuruna (the family pot), figure 66. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/68 Widows, figure 67. 8 x 11 cm. D865
/69 Widows (back view), figure 68. 8.5 x 11 cm. D865
/70 ‘In-laws’ at a funeral, figure 69. 8.5 x 11 cm. D865
/71 ‘In-laws’ at a funeral, figure 70. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D865
/72 ‘The chief and his clansmen’, figure 71. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265
.1 Another copy. 11 x 8 cm. D265
/73 ‘Headed by a boy with the white calico in one hand’, figure 72. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/74 ‘A man then dipped the emme leaves in a basin of water’, figure 73. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/75 ‘Some were very old white-haired women’, figure 74. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265
/76 ‘One holding a plate’, figure 75. 11 x 8.5 cm. D265
/77 ‘She seized the white fowl by the legs and dashed its head on the edge of the verandah’, figure 76, numbered 325. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/78 ‘Pointing down on the ground where she had cast the dead fowl’, figure 77. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/79 ‘Put on chaplets of osuani creeper, and many armed themselves with small sticks’, figure 78. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/80 Wirempefo, figure 79. 8.5 x 11 cm. D265
/81 ‘Finding the fresh spoor’, figure 80. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/82 ‘The “elephant”, the arms uplifted to represent the tusks’, figure 81. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/83 The “elephants” putting sand on each other’s backs, figure 82, numbered 338. 8 x 10.5 cm. D265
/84 ‘The hunter about to fire’, figure 83. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/85 ‘Cutting up and carrying away the meat’, figure 84, numbered 339. 8 x 10.5 cm. D265
/86 ‘The dancers; with elephant’s jaw lying upon the ground’, figure 85. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/87 Exterior of a temple to one of the Tano gods, figure 86. 8 x 10.5 cm. D856
/88 Interior of the same temple, figure 87. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D856
/89 Showing method of making ornamental pillars, figure 88. 11 x 8.5 cm. D5022
.1 Another copy. 11 x 8.5 cm
.2 Attached note: The chief of Tuabodom showing how the pillars were made of sticks, creepers and mud. 5 x 16 cm. Handwritten
/90 Showing method of making a spiral pillar. 8.5 x 11 cm. D5022
.1 Photograph attached to sheet. 8.5 x 11 cm. Pasted to sheet of paper with note: Another spiral pillar design showing process of making. 12 x 17 cm. Handwritten
/91 Carved calabash, figure 90. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D925
/92 A bird-trap (set), figure 91. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D925
/93 A squirrel-trap, figure 92. 11 x 8.5 cm. D925
/94 A mouse-trap, figure 93. 8 x 11 cm. D925
/95 Small animal trap, side view, figure 94. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/96 The same, front view, figure 95. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/97 The anfota trap, figure 96. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/98 The anfo trap, figure 97. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/99 Hammering out bark cloth with corrugated wooden hammers, figure 98, numbered 752. 9 x 10.5 cm. D5022
/100 Spinning cotton, figure 99. 14 x 9 cm. Postcard
/101 Men using the dade bena and apparatus called ‘fwiridie’ for winding the thread in the bobbins. As the twirling of the dada bena is going on, the square whorl is not clearly shown. 8 x 10.5 cm. D297
/102 Above, a shuttle with loaded spool; below, a bobbin carrier with five loaded bobbins, figure 101. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/103 A bobbin carrier in use; ‘laying’ the warp threads, figure 102. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D292
/104 Laying the warp, figure 103. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D292
/105 Showing the manner in which the warp is passed round the posts to form a laze, viewed from above, figure 104. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/106 As above, viewed from the side; the separate coloured threads are tied up as shown, figure 105. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/107 Asatia healds, figure 106. 8 x 10 cm. D684
/108 Asanan healds, figure 107. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/109 End-on view of an asatia heald, figure 108. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/110 Showing method of passing the warp through the leashes, figure 109. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/111 Another view of the preceeding, figure 110. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/112 (1 and 2) asanan healds; (3 and 4) asatia heald; (5) the reed, figure 111. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/113 1, shuttle; 2, bobbin; 3, shuttle with bobbin inserted, figure 112. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/114 A read or ‘beater in’, called in Ashanti kyereye, figure 113. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/115 The same, partly dismantled, figure 114. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/116 End-on view of reed, figure 115. 10.5 x 4.5 cm. D684
.1 Another copy. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/117 (1) The dade bend with bobbin; (2 & 3) heald pulleys; (4) sword or shed stick, figure 116. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/118 Three looms, and weavers at work, figure 117. 8.5 x 11 cm. D272
/119 Weaver at work; note warp held taut by ‘anchor’, figure 118. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/120 Loom, as seen from rear; note weaver’s stool, figure 119. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/121 Weaver at work; note treadles between the toes, figure 120. 11 x 8.5 cm. D684
/122 Loom, showing cloth, warp, reed, and healds, with the breast beam in foreground, figure 121. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/123 Weavers at work; note the ‘sword’ keeping open the shed, figure 122. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D292
/124 Warp held taut by large rock, figure 123. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/125 Showing attachment to breast beam, figure 124. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/126 Child learning to weave on miniature loom, figure 125. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/127 Figures 126-143 missing
/128 Dyeing a white cloth with kuntunkuni dye, figure 144. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/129 ‘The remainder is strained off’, figure 145. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/130 ‘The cloth is pegged out taut with small wooden pins’, figure 146. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/131 The Adinkira stamps, figure 147. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/132 Figure 148 missing
/133 Figure 149 missing
/134 Adinkira stamp patterns, nos. 35-53, figure 150. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/135 Shuttles used for meshing, figure 151. 8 x 10.5 cm. D299
/136 Tools used in wood-carving, figure 152. 11 x 8 cm. D856
/137 Tools used in making drums, figure 153. 8 x 10.5 cm. D856
/138 Frame for state umbrella, figure 154. 8 x 10.5 cm. D815
.1 Another copy. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D815
/139 Frame for state umbrella, figure 155. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D815
/140 Umbrella top (palm tree), figure 156. 11 x 8.5 cm. D299
/141 Wood-carver sacrificing a fowl upon his tools, figure 157. 11 x 8.5 cm. D208
/142 The Golden stool (model); The Queen’s stool (model), figure 158. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/143 Ketoko stool, figure 159. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/144 Mmom stool, figure 160. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/145 Atoduru kwadom stool, figure 161. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/146 Ademkyem stool, figure 162. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/147 Owo foforo adobe stool, figure 163. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D879
/148 Kontonkorowi mpemu stool, figure 164. 8.5 x 10 cm
/149 Kontonkorowi stool, figure 165. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/150 Sakyi dua koro stool, figure 166. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/151 Nnamma stool, figure 167. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/152 Nsebe stool, figure 168. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/153 Mma stool, figure 169. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/154 Me fa asa stool, figure 170. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/155 Mmarima stool, figure 171. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/156 Mmaremu stool, figure 172. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/157 Wasaw stool, figure 173. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/158 Srane stool, figure 174. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/159 Esono stool, figure 175. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/160 Osebo stool, figure 176. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/161 Kotoko stool, figure 177. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/162 Akyem stool, figure 178. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/163 Pantu stool, figure 179. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/164 Krado stool, figure 180. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/165 Obi-te-obi-so stool, figure 181. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/166 Adinkiri stool, figure 182. 8.5 x 11 cm. D836
/167 Damedame stool, figure 183. 8 x 11 cm. D836
/168 Mframadan stool, figure 184. 8 x 10.5 cm. D836
/169 Nkonta stool, figure 185. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/170 Animinkwa stool, figure 186. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/171 Brakante stool, figure 187. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/172 Chief, Queen Mother and officials under state umbrella, figure 188. 10.5 x 8 cm. D925
/173 Queen Mother and attendant fan-bearers, figure 189. 10.5 x 8 cm. D870
/174 Spokesman (right); 2, ‘Sweeper on the king’s body’, figure 190. 10.5 x 8 cm. D870
/175 Two sword-bearers, figure 191. 10.5 x 8 cm. D870
/176 (1) Medicine-man; (2) priestess, figure 192. 11 x 8.5 cm. D925
/177 (1) Wife of medicine-man; (2) wife of priest; (3) bearer of a shrine of a god; (4) a priest, figure 193. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/178 Akua Ba (full face), figure 194. 11 x 8.5 cm. D299
/178 Akua Ba (profile), figure 195. 11 x 8.5 cm. D299
/180 (1) Etwie; (2) Ntumpane; (3) Kete mpentima, figure 196. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/181 (1) Akomfo Apentima; (2) Faasafokoko; (3) Kete ntwamu, figure 197. 8 x 10.5 cm. D299
/182 (1) Gyamadudu; (2) Aperede Akokua; (3) Dono, figure 198. 11 x 8.5 cm. D299
/183 (1) Kete Kwadom; (2) Adukurogya; (3) Mpebi; (4) Nkra wiri, figure 199. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/184 Mpintini; (2) Aperede Apentima; (3) Sika Akukua, figure 200. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/185 (1) Kete Akukua; (2) Akukuadwe; (3) Odomankoma, figure 201. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/186 Fontomfrom, figure 202. 6.5 x 11 cm. 952
/187 Figures 203-229 missing
/188 Queen Mother of Taffo and family, figure 230. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D960
/189 Clay beds at Taffo, figure 231. 8 x 10.5 cm. D960
/190 Preparing the clay, figure 232. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/191 Implements used in pot-making, figure 233. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/192 Stages in the making of a pot, figure 234. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D465
/193 First stage in making a pot, figure 235. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/194 Early stage in pot-making, figure 236. 11 x 8.5 cm. D208
/195 Shaping the form of the rim, figure 237. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/196 The piece of wood in use, figure 238. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/197 Using the wet rag, figure 239. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/198 Using the rag, figure 240. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/199 First three stages of abena pot, figure 241. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/200 Fourth and last stage of abena pot, figure 242. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D465
/201 Pots in the making at various stages, figure 243. 8 x 10.5 cm. D690
/202 ‘The pots ready for baking are laid inverted upon this’, figure 244. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/203 ‘And the rest piled up upon them’, figure 245. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/204 ‘The whole is now fired by a lucky girl’, figure 246. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/205 ‘Leaving only a mass of red-hot pots and glowing wood-ash’, figure 247. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D736
/206 ‘The women remove the pots one by one with long poles’, figure 248. 8 x 10.5 cm. D736
/207 1 is a piece of proverb pottery, ‘the snake lies on the ground, yet God has given to it the bird which flies’; 2 and 3 are ananane dishes for melting fat, figure 249. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D465
/208 Kuruwa (water-pot), figure 250. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D465
/209 Human and animal design in pottery: 1, woman holding fan; 2, child patting lion, illustrating saying, ‘There is some one left who does not know a lion’; 3, woman with rattle, figure 251. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D465
/210 Mogyemogye pot, figure 252. 11 x 8.5 cm. D856
/211 These designs of pipes may only be made and smoked by men, figure 253. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/212 Women’s or men’s pipes, figure 254. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/213 Carrying pots to market in nets, figure 255. 8 x 10 cm
/214 Carrying pots to market in a net, a ‘close up’, figure 256. 10.5 x 8 cm
/215 ‘Here is a fowl from our hands’, figure 257. 8 x 10.5 cm. D960
/216 Stone circle inside which pots are made, figure 258. 8 x 10.5 cm. D690
/217 Circle made out of logs, mudguards of derelict Ford cars, etc., inside which pots are made, figure 259. 8 x 10 cm. D690
/218 Showing five stages in the making of an Ashanti weight, figure 260. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/219 Foa dua being removed from the furnace, figure 261. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D292
/220 ‘Painting wax model with clay and charcoal’, figure 262. 11 x 8.5 cm
/221 Two stages in the making of a kuduo, figure 263. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D870
/222 After smelting, figure 264. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/223 Final metal casts; note impress of crucibles and ducts, figure 265. 8 x 10.5 cm D879
/224 (1) core; (2) core with wax coating; (3) after coat of liquid clay, figure 266. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/225 Fourth and final cast, figure 267. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/226 Unfinished metal castings, figure 268. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/227 Unfinished metal castings, figure 269. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/228 Unfinished metal castings, figure 270. 8 x 10 cm. D684
/229 Unfinished metal castings, figure 271. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D684
/230 Unfinished metal castings, figure 272. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/231 Metal workers’ tools, figure 273. 10.5 x 8 cm. D856
/232 Ebura forge, figure 274. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D736
/233 Ebura forge; sacrifice of a fowl upon it, figure 275. 10.5 x 8 cm. D957
/234 Blacksmith’s forge, figure 276. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D292
/235 Back of a sipim chair, showing embossed metal-work in silver, figure 277. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D925
/5 Photographs published in journal articles. RSR was a Fellow of the African Society, London, the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographical Society. The complete runs of the publications of these Institutions have been checked for illustrations to his published articles and the following have been found
/1 Firing pots. J.Afr.Soc. 23, 1923-4, facing p. 268. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D736
/2 [Similar to] Marketing pots. J.Afr.Soc. 23, 1923-4, facing p. 268. 10.5 x 8 cm. D690
/3 [Similar to] Osai Kojo Omanhene of Mampon. J.Afr.Soc. 22, 1922-3, facing p. 308. 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/4 Drummer. J.Afr.Soc. 22, 1922-3, facing p. 308. 10 x 7.5 cm
/5 [Similar to] Smelting furnace. JRAI 46, 1916, plate XXIV. 8.5 x 13.5 cm
/6 Heads. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 Nankani girl, Zuarangu. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/2 Fulani woman, Zuarangu. 10.5 x 8 cm. [N.T. 83/84?]
/3 Moshie woman, Zuarangu. 10.5 x 8 cm. [N.T. 85?]
/4 Wife in Ashanti. 11 x 8 cm. Note: Enlargement to be sent to Mr Afful, c/o CCA’s Office, Coomassie, Ashanti, West Africa – what do you think of this fair? … wife in Ashanti. D856
/5 Dagomba woman. 10.5 x 8 cm
/6 Adwam henia Pamu. 10.5 x 8 cm
/7 Fig. 63 in proportion to fig. 62. 10 x 8 cm. [see also MS 445/1/57]
/8 [Female, full face, wearing headscarf, earrings, necklace, check fronted dress]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/9 [Profile of MS 445/6/8]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/10 [Another unsmiling copy of MS 445/6/4]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D856
/11 [Female, profile, wearing headscarf and necklace]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/12 [Female, full face, wearing headscarf, necklace and dress]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/13 [Female, profile, wearing headscarf, earrings, necklace and dress]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/14 [Female, profile, wearing face decoration and dress]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D856
/15 [Female, profile, wearing dress, and child, full face]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/16 [Male, full face, wearing turban and body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/17 [Male, full face, wearing hat, necklace and body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/18 [Male, profile, wearing hat and body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/19 [Male, profile, wearing headscarf]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/20 [Male, profile, wearing hat]. 11 x 8 cm
/21 [Male, full face, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D690
/22 [Male, full face, wearing body cloth]. 10 x 8 cm
/23 [Male, full face, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/24 [Male, full face, hair dressed in dreadlocks wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/25 [Male, half face, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/26 [Male, half face, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/27 [Male, profile, wearing body cloth]. 11 x 8 cm
/28 [Male, profile, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/29 [Male, profile, wearing check body cloth]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/30 [Male, profile, wearing body cloth]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/31 [Male, profile]. 11 x 8 cm
/32 [Male, profile, hair dressed in dreadlocks, wearing striped body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/33 [Male, profile, dressed in shirt and jacket]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/34 [Female ?, profile, face decoration scars, wearing necklace and dress]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/35 [Male, profile, seated in cane chair wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/36 [Male, half face, seated in cane chair wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/37 [Male, profile, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/38 [Male, profile, wearing body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/6/38]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/39 [Male, profile, wearing earrings, lip piercing and necklaces]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/40 [Male, profile, wearing necklace, shirt and body cloth]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/7 Architecture. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 [Doorway to a house]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 Carved decoration. 8 x 10.5 cm
/8 Huts and villages. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 Nung in the compound Sagheberi, Tongo. 8 x 10.5 cm
/2 Mampousi compound, Nalagu. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 Nankani compound. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 Nankani compound. 8 x 10.5 cm
/5 Nankani compound, Winkogu, shrines of ancestors. 10.5 x 8 cm
/6 Kasana compound. 10.5 x 8 cm
/7 Kasana compound. 10.5 x 8 cm
/8 Kasana compound. 10.5 x 8 cm
/9 Kasana compound. 10.5 x 8 cm
/10 [Walled compound with houses and 2 females]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/11 [Male standing in doorway of house in compound]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/12 [Male standing in doorway of house in compound]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/13 [Male standing before doorway to compound]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/14 [Woman standing in doorway of a house in compound]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/15 [Conical grass hut]. 11 x 8 cm. D5022
/16 [2 males, 2 children, huts in compound]. 8 x 10 cm
/17 [Male standing, huts in compound]. 8 x 10 cm
/18 [Female standing among huts in compound]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/19 [Female, 2 dogs standing among huts in compound]. 10 x 8 cm
/20 [5 males and a sheep standing before pile of pots – shrine?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/21 [Male and a sheep standing before pile of pots – shrine?]. 8 x 10 cm
/22 [4 males and a sheep among a pile of pots – shrine?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/23 [? Bins at compound?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/9 Vases. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 [3 metal vases]. 8.5 x 11 cm. 351. D106
/2 [2 spool shaped metal vases]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D106
/3 [2 tub shaped metal vases]. 8 x 10 cm. D142
/4 [2 lidded metal vases]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/5 [3 decorated lidded metal vases]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D106
/6 [3 decorated lidded metal vases]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D106
/7 [1 metal vase]. 8 x 10 cm. D142
/8 [3 lidded metal vases]. 8 x 10 cm. D142
/9 [2 bowl shaped metal vases]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/10 [3 bowl shaped metal vases]. 8.5 x 11 cm. 353. D106
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/9/10]. 8 X 10.5 cm. D106
/10 Weaving and spinning. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 [Man sitting before weaving loom]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D292
/2 [Man sitting before weaving loom with child behind]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D107
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/10/2]. 8.5 X 11 cm. 333, D107
/3 [Boy sitting before a miniature loom]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/4 [Man working a spinning frame in front of a hut]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/5 [Man spinning thread]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D208
/6 [Man spinning thread]. 11 x 8 cm. D292
/7 [Weaving loom]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/8 [2 weaving looms]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/9 [Weaving loom]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D684
/11 Ashanti cotton and textile designs. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled.
/1 [Group of 8 people sitting in front of a house sewing textiles]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D374
/2 [4 textile pieces, 3 woven in stripes with one in solid colours]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/3 [4 textile pieces, 2 woven in stripes, 1 check, 1 solid colour]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/4 [4 textile pieces, 3 woven in stripes, 1 solid colour]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/5 [3 textile pieces, 1 plain with 2 solid colour inserts, 1 striped, 1 woven in square with solid colour insert]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/6 [3 textile pieces woven in stripes]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/7 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in stripes, 1 in crossed stripes, 1 plain with 1 stripe]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/8 [3 textile pieces all woven in stripes, 2 with crossways stripes stitched on]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/9 [3 textile pieces all plain, 1 with crossways stripes and 1 with stripes]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/10 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in checks, 1 with stripes, 1 with stripes and a solid colour insert]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/11 [3 textile pieces woven in stripes with cross stripes and 1 with a solid colour insert]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/12 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in stripes, 1 with a solid colour block and jagged decorated block, and 1 stripes and crossway stripes]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D684
/13 [4 textile pieces, 3 woven in stripes and 1 in crossways stripes]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/14 [5 textile pieces, 2 plain, 2 stripes, 1 solid colour]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/15 [3 textile pieces, 3 woven in stripes with 1 solid colour block insert]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/16 [3 textile pieces, all woven in stripes, 1 with cross stripes and 1 with solid colour block]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/17 [3 textile pieces, all woven in stripes, 1 with cross stripe inserts and 1 with cross stripe embroidery]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D374
/18 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in cross stripes, 1 in stripes, 1 in solid colour block with cross stripes]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/19 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in stripes, 1 in stripes with solid colour black insert and 1 in cross stripes with close upright stripe insert]. 8 x 10 cm. D815
/20 [3 textile pieces, 2 woven in stripes and 1 with solid colour block with cross stripes]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D864
/21 [3 textile pieces, all woven in stripes with 1 embroidered with cross stripes]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/22 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in cross stripes, 1 in stripes and 1 in plain colour]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/23 [3 textile pieces, 1 woven in stripes, 1 in stripes with solid colour block inserted and 1 with embroidered cross stripes]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/24 [3 textile pieces, all woven in stripes, 1 with embroidered cross stripes]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/11/24]. D374
/25 [3 textile pieces, all woven in stripes, 1 with a solid colour block]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D684
/12 Ashanti stamped textile work, Kuntunkuni dying. 1 envelope containing 1 photograph. Title of envelope only kept. 5 x 11.5 cm. Handwritten
/1 [Man seated beside textile applying pattern]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/13 Historical rites at or near Coomassie including Breman and photos of Totoe etc. 1 envelope containing 1 photograph. Title of envelope only kept. 5.5 x 10.5 cm. Handwritten
/1 [Bin beside mud wall topped with grass thatch]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/14 Afahyi at Ejura. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled. Photographs numbered 38-40 match the entries in notebook labelled ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’. Which see I, 34-45. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/1 ‘The procession wending its way at a snail’s pace to the stool house …’, numbered 38
/2 ‘One of the abosom with others following close behind …’, numbered 39
/3 ‘Some of the lesser obosom without umbrellas’, numbered 40
/4 ‘This photo depicts the old Aberewa mixing white clay …’, [probably I 34 ?]
/5 ? ‘The chief priestess of Konkroma, with her children …’, [probably I 36 ?]
/6 ? ‘An obosum in the same procession under big white umbrella, accompanied by body guard …’, [probably I 41 ?]
/15 [Sacrifice of sheep]. Photographs similar to MS 445/3/25-27 and possibly numbered I 46-49 to match entries in note book labelled ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’
/1 ? ‘The blood is being received in a wooden basin’, [possibly I 46]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/2 ? ‘Cutting up the sacrifice …’, [possibly I 48]. 10.5 x 8 cm. 0107
/3 [? Cutting up the sacrifice?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/16 Lake Bosomtive. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled. See entries II 76-100 in note book labelled ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’ Numbered D6131
/1 ? ‘Lake Bosomtive, looking south showing the Government Rest House’, [possibly II 76?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/2 ? ‘The Lake looking southwest’, [possibly II 77?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 ? Ibid., [possibly II 78?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/4 ? Ibid., [possibly II 79?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/5 ? Ibid., [possibly II 80?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/6 ? ‘A glimpse of the Lake seen through the forest’, [possibly II 81?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/7 ? ‘Major and Mrs W. who came a short trip on my raft’, [possibly II 101?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/8 Showing method of propelling raft – the pushers, (Article no. 5, p. 24) [possibly II 99?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/9 ? ‘A tow’, [possibly II 100?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/10 ? ‘Some of the lake dwellers on their logs …’ [possibly II 83?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/11 ? Ibid., [possibly II 84?]. 8 x 11 cm
/12 ? ‘Showing different positions on the padua or log’, [possibly II 85?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/13 ? Ibid., [possibly 86?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/14 ? ‘Two scouts splashing off to announce our arrival’, [possibly II 94?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/15 Starting off to drive fish nito the net, 1st stage (Article no. 5, p. 27). 8 x 10.5 cm
/16 [Fishing net and male on a padua]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/17 [Fishing net and male on a padua close to shore]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/18 ‘Some of the lake fish, a species of perch?’ II 107. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/19 ? ‘The catch’, [possibly II 93?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/20 ? ‘Pouring wine upon the stone after the sacrifice’, [possibly II 103?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/21 [Maleona padua]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/17 Tana river ford. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled. Numbered D265
/1 [4 people crossing ford, 2 carrying supplies on heads, 3 people on the bank and 3 sitting on a wooden dugout boat]. 8.5 x 11 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/17/1]
/18 Braima (taken in connection with B.E.E.). 1 envelope containing 8 photographs. Title of envelope only retained. 4 x 11 cm. Numbered D866. See Notebook labelled ‘Record of photographs taken from 1923-1925’, numbers 395-404.
/1 ? ‘Dagati warrior with bow and arrow standing at ease’, [possibly number 395 ?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm.
/2 ? ‘Dagati warrior firing arrow standing behind tree’, number 396. 11 x 8 cm
/3 ‘Dagati warrior kneeling position (bow and arrow)’, [possibly number 397 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 ? ‘Dagati, close up, full face’, [possibly number 403 ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/5 ‘W.A.F.F. position at machine gun’, number 399. 8 x 11 cm
/6 [Ibid., firing right, possibly number 400]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/7 [Ibid., firing front, possibly number 401]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/8 ‘W.A.F.F. machine gunner sitting’, number 404. 8 x 10.5 cm
/19 Grooved rocks at mile 12. 1 envelope containing 3 photographs. Title of envelope only retained. 14 x 12 cm
/1 [Rock with 7 horizontal grooves]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/2 [Rock with 8 horizontal grooves]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/3 [Rock with 6 horseshoe shaped indentations]. 8 x 11 cm. D690
/20 Woodcarving, canoes, umbrellas, figures, etc. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope
/1 [5 seated males woodcarving]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D208
/2 [4 seated males woodcarving]. 8 x 11 cm. D736
/3 [3 seated women woodcarving]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D815
/4 [Male hollowing a tree trunk with an axe]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/5 [2 males hollowing a tree trunk with axes]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/6 [Male standing in hollowed tree trunk working with an axe]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D864
/7 [Male decorating a hollowed canoe]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D815
/8 [2 males working on the construction of an umbrella]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D925
/9 [2 figurines, a male and female seated]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D879
/10 [1 figurine seated on a chair]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/11 [1 figurine playing 2 drums]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D870
/12 [2 female figurines stylised with enlarged heads]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/13 [2 standing male figurines, 1 holding a head]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/14 [1 figurine blowing a pipe and holding a bird, standing in profile]. 13 x 9 cm
/15 [Ibid., standing in full face]. 13 x 9 cm
/16 [Ibid., standing in right profile]. 13 x 9 cm
/17 [Wooden figurine standing in front of thatch roofed plaster shrine]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/18 [Male working on a plaster shrine]. 8 x 10 cm. D684
/21 Ashanti pottery. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled
/1 [4 seated females working clay]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/2 [2 females shaping clay into pots]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/3 [2 newly shaped pots, one unfinished]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/4 4 stages in pot making. 8 x 11 cm. D299
/5 [4 females and a child stacking pots and wood in preparation for firing]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/6 [3 females tending a firing stack]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D736
/7 [2 females supervising the firing of pots]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/8 [1 female and 2 children stanidng among a large collection of pots]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D736
/9 [Storage house of pots]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D690
/10 [Female carrying a stack of pots on her head]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D690
/11 [3 pots: 1 conical and 2 bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/12 [3 pots: 2 square and 1 decorated]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D925
/13 [3 pots: all square and 2 decorated]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D925
/14 [1 flanged bowl]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/15 [1 square decorated bowl]. 8 x 6 cm.
/16 [1 bowl]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D299
/17 [1 square pot]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D925
/18 [2 flanged bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/19 [3 pots: 1 conical, 2 bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/20 [3 pots: 2 bowls, 1 conical]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/21 [3 decorated pieces of broken pot]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/22 [2 decorated pieces of broken pot]. 8.5 x 6.5 cm
/23 [2 decorated pieces of broken pot]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/24 [1 decorated piece of broken pot]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/25 [1 decorated pot]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D925
/26 [1 decorated pot]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D925
/27 [2 decorated pieces of broken pot]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D925
/28 [3 pottery flasks]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/29 [3 pots: 1 conical, 2 bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/30 [4 flanged bowls stacked in twos]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D815
/31 [2 flanged bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/32 [2 lidded bowls]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/33 [5 pipes in the shape of males with baskets on their backs]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/22 Ashanti weights. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled
/1 [28 weights]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D865
/2 [14 weights]. 8 x 11 cm. D6131
/3 [70 weights]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D142
/4 [30 weights]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D142
/5 [25 weights]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/6 [50 weights]. 8 x 11 cm. D6131
/7 [23 weights]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D142
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/22/7]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D142
/8 [29 weights]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/9 [1 weight of 2 figurines on a rectangle]. 3 x 2.5 cm
/10 [1 weight of figurine with fish on studded rectangle]. 2.5 x 5.5 cm
/11 [1 weight of bird attached to a coil by the tail]. 3 x 6 cm
/12 [1 weight of 3 birds on a rectangle]. 2 x 5 cm
/13 [1 weight of 2 lizards joined by a rectangular abdomen]. 4.5 x 4.5 cm
/23 Ashanti metal castings. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled
/1 [? Stack of wood ready for firing metal?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D739
/2 [? Pot for melting metal?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D293
/3 [? Bellows and furnace for heating metal?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D264
/4 [? Pouring metal into the furnace?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/5 [? Tending the furnace ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/6 [2 figurines: 1 standing and 1 seated]. 10 x 8 cm. D374
/7 [4 figurines performing various tasks: 2 large and 2 smaller]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/8 [3 figurines: 1 anteater, 1 hunter, 1 monkey]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/9 [2 figurines: 1 grinding with a mortar and pestle and 1 seated on a stool]. 11 x 8 cm. D684
/10 [2 figurines: 1 standing and 1 seated]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D637
/11 [1 figurine rowing with oars in a boat]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/12 [5 figurines standing and playing musical instruments]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/13 [2 figurines performing various tasks and an animal]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/14 [3 figurines: 1 holding a bird, 1 seated holding his head and 1 standing holding a human head]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/15 [4 standing figurines performing various tasks]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/16 [? Dental plate and 3 figurines: 1 human, 1 cow, 1 unidentified]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D684
/17 [4 standing figurines in various postures, grouped 2 by 2]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/18 [1 figurine seated on a chair]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/19 [5 pots on stands]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/20 [? 1 bowl on a stand with birds resting on the bowl?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D879
/21 [4 pieces of jewellery and a plaque]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D925
/22 [1 stool]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D684
/23 [? 3 digging tools?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D299
/24 [1 hatchet, 1 spike and 1 axe head]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/25 [1 axe and 1 spadehead]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/26 [1 throne chair]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D925
/24 Silver stool. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled. See MS 445/3/112-14. Photographs possibly numbered III 145-55 in ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’
/1 ‘The conservation of the silver stool …’ [possibly III 145 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D014
/2 ‘A prayer being offered up …’ [possibly III 146 ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/3 ‘Painting the design on the stool …’ [possibly III 148 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D049
/4 ‘The Queen Mother escorting the stool …’ [possibly III 149 ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D041
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/24/4]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D041
.2 [Another copy of MS 445/24/4]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D041
/5 ‘? Returning with the stool to the Q.M.’s quarters …’ [possibly III 150 ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D049
/6 ‘On the day of the presentation of the stool to the Lady Suggesberg…’ [possibly III 152 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D049
/7 ‘The Queen Mother’s silver stool … almost an exact replica of this’ [possibly III 153 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/8 ‘Another view of the stool …’ [possibly III 154 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/9 ‘Another view of the Q.M.’s stool showing the delicate honeycombing …’ [possibly III 155 ?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D267
/25 Drums. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled
/1 Fontom from drums – the two large centre ones – note the silk cloths bound round them. 8 x 10.5 cm [possibly III 160 ? in ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’]. D142
/2 ‘A pair of ‘male’ and ‘female’ of Ntumpane talking drums …’ [possibly III 161 ?]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D789
/3 Nkrawiri drums in palace at Quaben. 10.5 x 8 cm
/4 [Pair of drums with cloths bound round them]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/5 [Pair of drums being played by a male near village]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/6 [6 males playing drums under trees]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D856
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/25/6]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/7 [2 males in striped body cloths wrapping drums]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/8 [1 male in striped body cloth playing 2 drums with 2 onlookers]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/9 [2 males sewing a skin to the top of a drum]. 7.5 x 10 cm. D374
/10 [2 males sewing a skin to the top of a drum, 1 male only pictured]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D374
/11 [Close up of drum top and pegs]. 10 x 7.5 cm. D374
/12 [1 male attaching 2 drums together with a rope]. 8 x 10 cm. D374
/13 [1 male playing 2 drums]. 10 x 7.5 cm. D374
/14 [1 male making the body of a drum]. 10 x 8 cm. D879
/15 [1 male standing in front of the body of a drum under a shelter with upturned drum body upside down]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D684
/16 [1 male dressed in tunic and body cloth carrying a small drum]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D815
/17 [7 males playing 7 assorted drums]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/18 [6 males playing 4 drums and 3 gourds]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D856
/26 Mat making. 1 envelope containing 3 photographs. Title of envelope only retained. 5 x 9 cm. Handwritten
/1 Mat making. 10.5 x 8 cm. D374
/2 [1 male dressed in a tunic and head scarf plaiting fibres]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/3 [1 male in a body cloth holding a woven mat]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D815
/27 Birth ceremony. 1 envelope containing 1 photograph. Title of envelope only retained. 4 x 10.5 cm. Handwritten
/1 [1 baby wearing a necklace and 2 bracelets]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D815
/28 Funeral. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled. See also MS 445/2/104-5
/1 [Dagaba funeral, people gathered round body on wooden platform]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/2 [Dagaba funeral, people gathered round the funeral platform]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 [Dagaba funeral, dressed corpse on funeral platform]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/4 [Dagaba funeral, dressed corpse on funeral platform surrounded by people]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/29 Funeral Mampron. Photographs stored in a disintegrating envelope so labelled
/1 [Dancer in a body cloth dancing to drums played by 5 drummers]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/2 [Female in body cloth in front of building with large straw barrel]. 8 x 11 cm. D865
/3 [5 mourners seated before a mud wall]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/30 Tanosu pygmy type also Kojo Pira of Coomassie. 1 envelope containing 8 photographs. Title of envelope only retained. 6 x 11 cm. Handwritten. See ‘Department of Anthropology, Northern Territories, record of photographs’ numbers 236-9. [See also MS 445/4/21-3]
/1 ‘Braimia of Tumu’, full face, number 320. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265
/2 ‘Braimia of Tumu’, full figure, number 234. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D107
/3 ‘Braimia of Tumu’, [with a female in body cloth], number 236. 11 x 8 cm
/4 ‘Braimia, The Bungalow’, [with a female in body cloth], number 237. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/5 ‘Braimia [and] Kantose full face’, number 238. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/6 ‘Braimia’, in profile, number 239. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/7 [Pygmy in body cloth approaching a house doorway]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D297
/8 [Braimia in full body profile with female dressed in body cloth]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D107
/31 1 negative of 12 people seated and standing before a building. 13 x 8.5 cm
.1 [Title of wallet containing the negative, numbered 735 which refers to The chief’s palace, Quaben]. 9.5 x 10 cm
/32 [Desecration of the Golden Stool: tribunal]. See MS 445/3/108-9. Photographs match entries in ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’, numbers 7-24
/1 ‘The Fort Coomassie’, numbered 7. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/2 ‘The prisoners being marched up under Police escort …’ [possibly number 8 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/3 ‘The clerks seated at a table …’ [possibly number 9 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/4 ‘Kwesi Banno or Seniagya, standing before the tribunal …’, numbered 10. 11 x 8 cm. D6131
/5 ‘Kobina Asubontin (the Gyasewahene) standing before the tribunal …’, numbered 11. 10 x 7 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/32/5]. 11 x 8 cm. D6131
/6 ‘Kojo Dansu before the tribunal …’ [possibly number 12 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/7 ‘Asubonten addressing the tribunal’, [possibly number14 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/8 ‘The European Police Officers in charge of the prisoners’ [possibly number 15 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/9 ‘Asubonton’ [possibly number 16 ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/10 ‘Asubonton’, numbered 17. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D6131
/11 [Asubonton, unnumbered ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/12 ‘After the trial, the prisoners lined up …’ [possibly number 18 ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/13 ‘Scene on cricket pitch outside the Fort on morning … Golden Stool offenders were brought up ….’ [possibly number 21 ?]. 9 x 11.5 cm. D679
/14 Ibid., [possibly number 22 ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D6131
/15 Ibid., ‘showing police lined up …’, numbered 24. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/16 [Prisoners with guards lined up before a building]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/17 [? View of settlement round the fort ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D6131
/33 [Banni day]. See MS 445/3/50 with which these photographs seem to be associated. All D789
/1 Banniday. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 [Dancing holding a rifle]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/3 [Large collection of people sitting and standing under a verandah holding same mace as previous photographs]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/4 [Group of men and boys gathered under a verandah]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/5 [Group of men and boys gathered under a verandah watching a man in the foreground doing a task]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/6 [Group of men and boys outside a building with umbrellas and drums]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/34 Wall paintings. See ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’ II 73-74
/1 ‘Native art: painting (medium coal tar) on wall of Kivaki Apeah’s, a hunter’s, house in Mampon’ [possibly number II 73 ?]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D289
/2 Ibid., ‘(notice resemblance to Bushman art’), [possibly number II 74 ?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D865
/35 [Priest]. [Photographs similar to MS 445/3/70-71 which see]. All D480
/1 [Priest dancing with a basket on his head]. 10.5 x 8 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/35/1]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 [Priest dancing with a basket on his head, a stool in the left foreground and a drummer in right background watched by a group of people dressed in bodycloths]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/3 [Large group of women, drummer playing on the left, tree and houses in the background, one of the women carries a ‘rattle’]. 8 x 10 cm
/4 [Priest in front of a background group seated under a thatched shelter with a man holding a bowl and staff in left foreground]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/5 [Priest dancing before group seated under a thatched shelter]. 8 x 10 cm
/6 [Back view of priest before a group seated under a thatched shelter with a man carrying a bowl and another a stool on left foreground]. 8 x 10 cm
/7 [Priest bent over and dancing with a ? child ? dancing beside him]. 10 x 8 cm
/8 [Priest dancing before a large group standing in front of a thatched building with 2 drummers playing in left background]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/9 [Group of 6 men, 1 holding a bowl, before a large group in front of a thatched building]. 8 x 10 cm
/36 [Source of the Tano river. Photographs similar to MS 445/3/89-91 which see]
/1 [Male squatting on a river bank]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D117
/2 [Male leaning over the river from the bank]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D107
/3 [Male standing on the river bank gazing at the water]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/4 [Shrine on the river bank with a bowl and a male hand in the right foreground]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D107
/37 [Sheep sacrifice. Photographs similar to MS 445/2/103 which see]
/1 [3 males slitting throat of a sheep with pot for blood collecting]. 10 x 8 cm
/2 [8 males surrounding the sacrificed sheep which is being skinned]. 8 x 10 cm
/3 [Group of 8 males seated with a live sheep in the foreground and a ? skinned sheep ? in the background]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/38 [Bekwai. MS 445/38/1 is identified in ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’, I 63. This photograph bears the number D6131 on verso, so all the rest of the unidentified photographs numbered D6131 have been catalogued in this section
/1 The Gyabom fetish: ‘The Gyabun suman … note the beautiful architecture and designs in the background …’. 11 x 8 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/38/1]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 [Male standing beside a pole in same place as MS 445/38/1]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 [Male, possibly a chief, dressed in decorative body cloth, headband and sandals, seated in a metal finished chair/throne], 10.5 x 8 cm
/4 [Male seated on chair as in MS 445/38/3 wearing different body cloth and surrounded by 7 ? warriors/courtiers ? with weapons and wearing body cloths]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/5 [Male seated on chair as in MS 445/38/3 surrounded by a large group of males with weapons and regalia]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/6 [Female, possibly chief’s wife, seated under a pair of fans, surrounded by 10 women and children all wearing body cloths or skirts and blouses]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/7 [Female as in MS 445/38/6 surrounded by 13 women and children]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/8 [2 male elders, both seated and wearing beards and bodycloths and sandals]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/38/8]. 9 x 11.5 cm. D679
/9 [Group of males wearing body cloths carrying a male aloft on a litter, led by an umbrella towards a compound of buildings]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/10 [Large group of women and children wearing body cloths]. 8 x 11 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/38/9]. 9 x 11.5 cm. D679
/39 Kakari. See reference to him in ‘Photograph album catalogue ? anthropology’, I 1-2, numbered D6131
/1 Kakari and Osausa chief: [seated under an umbrella with group of men and boys]. 8 x 11 cm
/2 [Same photograph as MS 445/39/1 taken from further away and including a much larger group]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/39/2]. 7 x 10 cm
/40 [Asantemanso. MS 445/40/1 is described on verso of photograph and bears the number D865, so all the rest of the unidentified photographs numbered D865 have been catalogued in this section]
/1 In centre Queen Mother of Asantemanso, who is also in charge of the sacred grove, near that village. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/2 [7 males standing behind a seated figure wearing a cloth turban, all wear body cloths]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/3 [2 seated males, one in a wicker chair and wearing a cloth turban, surrounded by a group: all wear body cloths]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 [Male seated in a deck chair wearing a head band and necklace, surrounded by 15 males, all wearing body cloths]. 8 x 11 cm
/5 [Male seated on throne wearing cloth turban and sandals surrounded by 8 males, all wearing bodycloths]. 11 x 8 cm
/6 [2 girls wearing dresses standing in countryside]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/7 [Male standing beside post with bowl on top, wearing necklace and body cloth]. 11 x 8 cm
/8 [3 males and 1 female walking along the verandah of a house]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/9 [3 males standing in the forest before seated women and children]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/10 [4 figures seated around and tending a fire and pot in the forest]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/11 [2 males standing near trees]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/12 [10 males seated and standing in the forest]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/13 [Unidentified cloth caught on branches, pots on the ground, pair of forearms left side, all in the forest]. 11 x 8.5 cm
/41 Nankani, Winkogu. [Photographs identified by manuscript captions on verso]
/1 Nankani, Winkogu: [2 males and 1 female standing]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 Nankani with his son, Winkogu: [making a fire and holding twigs]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 Nankani, Winkogu: [male seated beside ancestral shrine]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/4 Nankani man sitting before his yini. 10.5 x 8 cm
/42 Gambaga. [Photographs identified by manuscript captions on verso]
/1 Chief of Nalegu [possibly no. 87 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/2 Showing works of former chief of Nalegu. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 People of Nalego showing works of former chiefs. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 Fulani woman. 10.5 x 8 cm
/43 Tongo. [Photographs identified by manuscript captions on verso]
/1 Cave of Tong Naba, Tongo Fugu: [possibly no. 68 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 7.5 x 10.5 cm
/2 People sitting on stones, Tong Lab, Tong Fugu: [possibly no. 69 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/3 Attending funeral Tongo. 8 x 10.5 cm
/4 Sangkbere, Tongo: [possibly no. 55 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 8 x 10 cm
/44 Tuarangu. [Photographs identified by manuscript captions on verso]
/1 Two wives of Chief of Tuarangu [possibly no. 90 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 Nankani girl, Tuarangu. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/45 Navaro. [Photographs identified by manuscript capations on verso]
/1 Two Kanasan women [possibly no. 8 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/2 Kasana woman, Navaro [possibly no. 9 in ‘Record of photographs taken in the N.T.’ ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/46 [Bantama. Photographs similar to MS 445/4/17 which see]
/1 [Chief of Bantama in war dress]. 10.5 x 8 cm. No. 387, D299
/2 [Chief of Bantama]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D299
/47 [Miscellaneous photographs identified by manuscript captions on verso]
/1 Hornsby took this photo in September after he and I had opened the new Agona market. Agonahene tells us that remembering Komfor Anotche he is doing his utmost to help the Asantehene weld Ashanti more firmly together than ever … 8.5 x 11 cm
/2 Ta Kora temple. 11 x 8.5 cm. Numbered 312, D107
/3 Making bark cloth. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/4 River Volta Palegu. 7.5 x 10 cm
/5 Cave ? Egania ? 8 x 10.5 cm. D142
/6 Talanse people. 8 x 10.5 cm
/7 Abolga, Navorongo. [Possibly no. 20 in ‘Record of photographs in the N.T.’ ?]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/48 [Miscellaneous unidentified photographs which seem to have been numbered according to a record of photographs not held]
/1 [Ceremony of 2 females dressed in white greeting numerous people seated beneath umbrellas with a child in the foreground], numbered 217. 8 x 10 cm. D480
/2 [Female in white with headband and whitened face seated under umbrellas with a large group. Figure in front left out of focus], numbered 221. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/3 [Female seated on a throne surrounded by 9 females and children, some wearing headdresses, all wearing decorative bodycloths], numbered 241. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/4 [Female as in MS 445/48/3 seated on a chair beside a male in plain body cloth seated on a throne], numbered 242. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/5 [Male as in MS 445/48/4 seated on a chair in decorative bodycloth wearing medals of a European king and queen and a sash and decorative rings on his fingers with 3 standing males dressed in decorative bodycloths], numbered 243. 8.5 x 11 cm
/6 [Group of 14 males seated except 4 standing in the background. The male centre foreground is seated on cushions], numbered 244. 8 x 10.5 cm
/7 [Group of people standing in a village, the central figure carries a ? fetish ? on his head with a stool at his feet], numbered 246. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/8 [Group of males and females processing, 2 of them carrying ? fetishes ? on their heads], numbered 248. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/9 [Group dancing? With back views of 2 in the foreground, the ? fetish ? is in right foreground], numbered 249. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/10 [Females dancing with whitened faces and bodies carrying rattles and wands], numbered 251. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/11 [Males with drums and fetish ? processing under an umbrella], numbered 252. 8 x 10.5 cm
/12 [Distant view of a group, in left foreground is a female wearing a white skirt with whitened body, and right foreground a male dancing ?], numbered 253. 8 x 10.5 cm
/13 [Group in background standing under umbrellas; in foreground is a male in a white skirt carrying a covered bowl on his head; to right stand 2 females holding bowls], numbered 254. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/14 [5 females dressed in skirts with bodies whitened stand before a background crowd], numbered 257. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/15 [Large group of villagers running to the right dressed in skirts or bodycloths], numbered 258. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/16 [Male on right wearing a skirt with covered bowl on his head reaches out his hand to a male left foreground who holds a bowl; in the background are villagers and a building], numbered 260. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/17 [Group of males, one carrying a bowl on his head, another carrying a whisk and one with a child strapped on his back, all in a village], numbered 261. 8 x 11 cm
/18 [Group standing behind 2 drummers with a number holding sticks], numbered 262. 8 x 10.5 cm
/19 [A line of 4 filled basins resting on stools with another at a higher level to the right], numbered 263. 10.5 x 8 cm
/20 [A figure seated on a stool preparing something on a plate at its feet before the line of basins and stools as MS 445/48/19], numbered 265. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/21 [Similar to MS 445/48/20], numbered 266. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/22 [Group of males and boys seated on steps and animal skins, except for 3 standing with a stool in the centre on which ? rests], numbered 267. 8 x 10.5 cm. D107
/23 [Male rubbing the Akata tree, with another male seated, similar to MS 445/4/3], numbered 273. 8 x 10.5 cm
/24 [Closer view of MS 445/48/23], numbered 274. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/25 [Male seated on stool wearing a skirt with a bowl on his head surrounded by 3 males], numbered 278. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/26 [4 males in a cave standing on rocks with grasses hanging down from above], numbered 280. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/27 [Figures inside a cave?], numbered 280. 8.5 x 11 cm
/28 [2 males walking through trees, 1 wearing a striped bodycloth], numbered 284. 11 x 8.5 cm
/29 [Entrance to a cave 2 pots in the foreground], numbered 285. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/30 [Rock face with trees and tall palm ? trunk in front], numbered 287. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/31 [2 males standing before the foot of a rock face with vegetation, a ? shrine ?], numbered 289. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/32 [Forest track surrounded by trees], numbered 290. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/33 [2 ? shrines ? in a forest clearing], numbered 298. 8.5 x 11 cm. D107
/34 [2 males sacrificing a fowl above a basin while standing on a log platform in the forest], numbered 299. 10.5 x 8 cm. D107
/35 [Sacrificing a fowl above a basin], numbered 301. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/36 [A ?priest? seated on a log platform holding objects, dressed in a grass skirt with whitened body; in left foreground stands a woman in decorative bodycloth], numbered 303. 11 x 8.5 cm. D107
/37 [3 women wearing skirts and headdresses standing with a child in the foreground], numbered 308. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D107
/38 [3 males, head and upper body, wearing striped body cloths], numbered 315. 8.5 x 11 cm. D265
/39 [Male wearing a torn tunic, standing before a straw roofed shelter], numbered 331. 10.5 x 8 cm. D331
/40 [2 figures squatting before 3 bowls and a storage jar inside a building], numbered 341. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/41 [Family of 2 adults and 3 children seated on a platform under a straw roof], numbered 342. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/42 [2 males wearing body cloths seated on a bench under a roof awning; 1 male has body markings], numbered 343. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/43 [Group seated amongst the plants in the forest], numbered 360. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/44 Fishtraps: [3 woven basket traps on the ground next to a screen of sticks propped between 2 tree trunks in the forest], numbered 361. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265
/45 [3 seated women wearing body cloths, and ear decorations], numbered 362. 8 x 10.5 cm. D265
/46 [Figure sitting inside a hut in front of an unidentified object], numbered 363. [Figure 27 reference does not match any publications]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/48/46]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/49 [Miscellanous unidentified photographs with batch numbers found in other sections of the collection, but with no other distinguishing markings]
/1 [Landscape with tree trunk in the middle foreground]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D107
/2 [Male standing in a clearing, wearing a tunic and carrying a staff?]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D142 [Fig. 28 reference does not match any publications]
/3 [Male in bodycloth leaning forward to objects on the grass, possibly pipes? Musical instruments?]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D208
/4 [Mound of earth in a forest]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D265
/5 [2 males sitting in a forest]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D265
/6 [5 males, head and upper body]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/7 [6 males standing and wearing striped bodycloths]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D265
/8 [5 females in skirts with 4 children standing against a wall]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D265
/9 [Collection of small bags or purses made of cloth, leather or metal]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D299
/10 [Close up of part of the collection MS 445/49/9]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D299
/11 [Male in western dress throwing a fishing or bird net in a clearing with large tree and building in the background]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D465
/12 [Female in a white skirt, white headband and whitened skin dancing with a male in striped skirt before a large crowd]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480; [see also MS 445/48/2]
/13 [Group under an umbrella with, in the foreground, a male in striped bodycloth holding a topee and a dancer in grass skirt and decorative jewellery and belt]. 8 x 10 cm. D480
/14 [Female dressed in blouse, skirt and headdress being supported and surrounded by males, many holding rattles]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/15 [Large group, mostly female, dressed in bodycloths, some with whitened skin processing with umbrellas]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/16 [4 females dressed in skirts dancing near a tree and a building]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/17 [8 males in bodycloths dancing and holding a rattle with umbrella in left background]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/18 [2 males seated before an anvil working metal with a tray of objects to left and a hammer on the floor]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D480
/19 [Huge umbrella lying sideways to show top with elaborately dressed male standing left – a chief?]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D739
/20 [Female wearing a skirt, western vest top and headdress standing with a child before a building]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/49/20]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D789
/21 [Female wearing bodycloth as a skirt with decorative headdress and necklace standing in a clearing before trees]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D789
/22 [Large group of people standing round a figure lying on the ground with an elderly male leaning over him; an umbrella in the background]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm. D789
/23 [A fetish? Balanced on top of a tall pole in a village]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D789
/24 [Female seated breastfeeding a baby with a male and female standing behind and a child on each side near a house]. 11 x 8.5 cm. D815
/25 [? Shrine ? with many objects surrounding; inside a building]. 10.5 x 8 cm. D957
/26 [Close up view of MS 445/49/25]. 11 x 8 cm. D957
/27 [Group of males and a child, one holding a metal pot with a background of trees]. 8 x 10.5 cm. D5022
/28 [3 males inside a cave]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm. D5022
/29 [Male seated inside a room with many objects]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D5022
/30 [Rear view of male in bodycloth to the right, a female in a skirt with skin whitened to the left, and a background of a crowd of people]. 8.5 x 11 cm. D5022
/50 [Miscellaneous photographs without identification markings]
/1 [Crocodile beside a water course near long grass; possibly 211/2 in Record of photographs]. 8 x 10 cm
/2 [Rock entrance leading to a cave?]. 8.5 x 11 cm
/3 [View down a rock face to a pool of water]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/4 [Figure seated on a stone platform backed with upright logs, with a number of people in the background beneath a large tree]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/5 [Male wearing bodycloth standing beside a large tree trunk with multiple root system – ? a sacred tree ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/6 [View partially obscured by tree trunks]. 11 x 8 cm
/7 [Field with 4 objects]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/8 [Mud walls leading to a compound with trees and fields in the background]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/9 [5 people working in the fields with a tree in the background]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/10 [Closer view of 5 people planting in a field]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/11 [Mound piled round with long rushes]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/12 [3 stooks of long rushes] 8 x 10.5 cm
/13 [? Police barracks ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/14 [? Colonial policemen and officer ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/15 [? District Commissioner’s residence, car and attendants ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/16 [? Colonial official and a Chief ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/17 [Female standing behind pots on a bed of sticks, a shrine?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/18 [Male bending over a pot with other storage pots beside a wall]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/19 [Male sitting beside a hole, ? a storage bin ? with a male in tunic and trousers in right foreground]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/20 [? Pottery faces and pots, a shrine?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/21 [? Pottery face and pots with a branch fallen across, a shrine?]. 8 x 10 cm
/22 [Male squatting on the grass arranging sticks with others standing round]. 10 x 8 cm
/23 [? A grave ? with people dressed in striped bodycloths in the background]. 11 x 8 cm
/24 [? A funeral ? attended by many people]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/25 [A coffin surrounded by many people in the countryside]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/26 [? Funeral procession ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/27 [? Funeral procession ?]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/28 [? Funeral crowd ? beside a rock face wtih spread stripe and check sheets]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/29 [5 elderly males standing against a rockface]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/30 [2 females in the foreground, 3 others behind walking beside a rockface]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/31 [View of a rock outcrop and trees]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/32 [3 musicians sitting and playing xylophones and drums with a group of people in the background]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/33 [3 dancers wearing waistbands and 2 musicians playing xylophones]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/34 [2 males, 1 female and 2 children wearing western dress]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/35 [3 males head and upper body with policeman in the background, possibly related to MS 445/33]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/36 [Female and 3 children on a verandah]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/37 [5 males seated in the foreground and 4 standing in the background, all wearing body cloths]. 7.5 x 10.5 cm
/38 [Crowd of males, seated and standing]. 8.5 x 10.5 cm
/39 [Males beneath and around an umbrella with ? rattles and staves ?]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/40 [Group of males in bodycloths with 2 wearing western dress and carrying staves, and 1 policeman with a rifle]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/41 [Group of males, females and children wearing bodycloths with trees in the background]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/42 [Female standing on a mud platform ? sifting grain ? with a female standing in front right with pots at her feet]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/43 [Group of males wearing decorative dress and helmets, carrying weapons]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/44 [Female wearing head scarf, earrings and necklace, waist belt, arm and ankle bracelets standing in front of a building]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/45 [Female wearing headband, necklace, bracelets and skirt seated against a building wall]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/46 [Female wearing earrings, necklace, arm and ankle bracelets, and a waist belt standing in front of a large group]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/47 [Female wearing earrings, multiple necklace, arm and ankle bracelets and a waist belt standing in a clearing with a dog in the background]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/48 [Female wearing headscarf and waistbelt holding a child on her hip]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/49 [Female wearing headscarf, necklace and tunic and skirt standing with a child in a body cloth under a western umbrella beside a chair]. 10 x 8 cm
/50 [Female wearing necklace, bracelet and waist belt holding a child on her hip before a low walled enclosure]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/51 [Female wearing a bracelet and loin belt carrying a child on her hip standing behind 3 straw baskets amid a low walled enclosure]. 10.5 x 7.5 cm
/52 [2 females in decorative body cloths, bracelets and 1 with a necklace, seated in front of a mud house]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/53 [Female seated in front of a house wearing a blouse, striped skirt, headscarf, necklace and bracelets]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/54 [Female as in MS 455/50/53 standing without a blouse]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/55 [Female seated on a log wearing waist belt and ankle bracelet with a basket cradle at her feet and a baby inside a basket on a strap over one shoulder and neck]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/56 [Elderly female wearing necklace, bracelets and loin cloth, standing smoking a pipe beside an ancestral shrine with a large group of people in the background in a compound]. 10 x 8 cm
/57 [Male with string apron with an ? axe ? over his shoulder; large group of people in the background]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/58 [Male in warrior dress, holding a bow and arrows]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/59 [Closer view of MS 445/50/58]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/60 [Back view of MS 445/50/58]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/61 [Male in decorative bodycloth standing in front of wall paintings and doorway]. 10.5 x 8.5 cm
/62 [Group of females wearing loin cloths or skirts, some holding children looking to the right]. 10.5 x 8 cm
/63 [? Chief ? in full ceremonial dress holding a knife and standing beside a stool]. 11 x 8 cm
/64 [Children standing behind a collection of stools with the tied together hoofs of a cow in the foreground, possibly 1 of nos. 141-4 in Record of photographs]. 8 x 10.5 cm
/65 [? Sacrifice of a cow, possibly 1 of nos. 141-4 in Record of photographs]
/51 [A kuduo: photograph of a highly sculpted metal lid and handle on a metal bowl]. 16.5 x 11 cm [see also MS 445/4/55]
/52 [Photograph of a throne with bells and regalia on the seat surrounded with males in body cloths some carrying staves and a large metal cup held aloft left, with fabric cushions piled to left and all under umbrellas]. 16 x 21.5 cm
/53 A palaver in Ashantee interview between King Quaco Duaii of Coomassie and the British Commissioner. [Manuscript verso]: copied by Chas. D.A. Amoah, Coomassie. Photograph 15 x 21 cm pasted to board 20 x 25 cm
/54 Drawing of a stool. 6 x 6.5 cm, pasted to paper. Printed
.1 [Another copy of MS 445/54]. 9.5 x 4 cm. Printed
/55 Photograph album catalogue ? … ? anthropology; R.S. Rattray, Dep. Prov. Commissioner and Gov. Anthropologist. [nd]. [192 pp., pp. 86-192 blank]. 18 x 11.5 cm Handwritten. Contents: pp. 2-44, Album I, prints 1-72; pp. 44-70, Album II, prints 73-144; pp. 70-85, Album III, prints 145-161. Bound in brown and maroon marbled boards
/56 Record of photographs taken from 1923-1925-26-27; [by various authors]. [i, 174 pp.; pp. 48-174 blank]. 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Handwritten. Contents: p. i, failures; pp. 1-47, album and plate nos. 364-932. Bound in blue marble boards
/57 Record of photographs taken in the Northern territories, 1928; [by R.S. Rattray]. [204 pp., pp. 28-49, 54, 56-82, 84-129, 133-155, 164-203 blank]. 17.5 x 11 cm. Handwritten. Contents: p. 1, Title; pp. 2-27, Serial nos. N.T. 1-239; p. 50, Cats; pp. 51-3, Dog kennels; p. 55, Dogs sundry ex.; p. 83, Housekeeper (Mrs Berry); pp. 130-2, Henry Norman; pp. 156-63, A. Shean a/c; p. 204, July 1934. Bound in black boards
.1 Certificate of posting … Messrs Humphrey & Crook, London, nos. 145-168. Latra, Gold Coast, Postmaster General, 1928. 1 slip. 4.5 x 10 cm. Handwritten and printed. [Attached to p. 20 of MS 445/57]
.2 Certificate of posting … Messrs Humphrey & Crook, 3 Haymarket, London. ?, Gold Coast, Postmaster General, 1928. 1 slip. 4.5 x 10 cm. Handwritten and printed. [Attached to p. 24 of MS 445/57]
/58 Correspondence concerning the photographs. Various sizes
/1 Margaret S. Thring to the RAI, 1 Aug. 1939 – on the advice of Rev. Edwin Smith she offers the photogaphs of West Africa by the late Captain R.S. Rattray with some original illustrations and asks for payment on behalf of the executors. 2 leaves. 18 x 11.5 cm. Handwritten
/2 Ibid., 3 Aug. 1939 – she is leaving Sheffield and will send the photographs to the RAI, giving her home address; she does not know to what the catalogue numbers refer. 1 p. 18 x 11.5 cm. Handwritten
/3 Ibid., 24 Sep. 1939 – requests £5 in payment for the photographs and hopes they arrived safely. 1 p. 18 x 11.5 cm. Handwritten
/4 Ibid., 14 Oct. 1939 – regrets the RAI Council is unable to purchase the photographs which will be a loss to the estate but feels the RAI is the right place for them to be consulted. 1 p. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Handwritten
/59 Publications by Robert Sutherland Rattray held in the Anthropology Library, British Museum printed from the database held by the British Museum on 12 Feb. 2008. 2 leaves. 28 x 21 cm. Printed
