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Photo 10.5 Un ogo banya: tresses de cheveux sur le bol à manger.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL))
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Wouter van Beek  (1943–)  wikidata:Q42792653
 
Wouter van Beek
Alternative names
Wouter E. A. van Beek, Walter E. A. van Beek
Description Dutch university teacher, anthropologist, Africanist, draughts player and cultural anthropologist
Date of birth 1943 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Beverwijk
Work period 2015 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q42792653
Title
Photo 10.5 Un ogo banya: tresses de cheveux sur le bol à manger.
Description
English: "Photo 10.5 An ogo banya: hair braids on the eating bowl." An ogo banya, a richly decorated wooden bowl and eating bowl with figures on two levels of 40 cm high. The top half forms the lid for the bowl on the bottom half. Above two human figures: a standing woman on the left, a priestess, braiding the hair of the seated man on the right, the Hogon (priest) of the village. Below also the seated Hogon with a heron in his back. According to legend, a heron once led the way to the founders of the village.
Français : "Photo 10.5 Un ogo banya: tresses de cheveux sur le bol à manger." Un ogo banya, un bol en bois richement décoré et un bol à manger avec des personnages sur deux niveaux de 40 cm de haut. La moitié supérieure forme le couvercle du bol sur la moitié inférieure. Au-dessus de deux figures humaines: la femme debout à gauche, une prêtresse, tressant les cheveux de l'homme assis à droite, le Hogon (prêtre) du village. Ci-dessous également le Hogon assis avec un héron dans le dos. Selon la légende, un héron a ouvert la voie aux fondateurs du village à l'époque.
Nederlands: "Foto 10.5 Een ogo banya: haarvlechten op de eetkom". Een ogo banya, een rijk versierde schaal en eetkom van hout met figuren op twee niveaus van 40 cm hoog. De bovenste helft vormt het deksel voor de kom op de onderste helft. Boven twee menselijke figuren: de staande vrouw links, een priesteres, vlecht het haar van de zittende man rechts, de Hogon (priester) van het dorp. Onder eveneens de zittende Hogon met een reiger in de rug. Een reiger wees volgens de legenden de stichters van het dorp destijds de weg.
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English: Mogodé, Cameroon
Français : Mogodé, Cameroun
Nederlands: Mogodé, Kameroen
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Medium Colour photograph
institution QS:P195,Q2174585
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Illustration 10.5, Book page 170
Source W.E.A. van Beek Collection, illustrations from the book in Dutch by Wouter van Beek: Thuis in Afrika. Een dubbelleven, Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden. Tweede gewijzigde druk, 2016
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