IDNO

P.167005.SPN

Description

Portrait of Osei Bonsau, a wood carver from Accra, sitting carving a sasabonsam
(female vampire figure).
The sasabonsam is now in the care of MAA, reference 2015.249. [JD 07/06/2023]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Accra

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Osei Bonsau

Photographer

Methodist Book Depots

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Spooner Collection

Source

Spooner, Edward

Format

Postcard Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.167005.SPN was located amongst Spooner's paper correspondence.

Exhibition: Digital copy of postcard exhibited in 'Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance' at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 8 September 2023 - 7 January 2024. [JD 27/09/2023]