Fly whisk and the Koranic talismans
it contained
Ghana, Akropong? Kumasi? Abetifi? Akan peoples, Asante? 19th century. Paper, leather, fibre, wood, horsehair, cotton
Gift from Mme Louis Ramseyer in 1953; Pastor Friedrich August Ramseyer (1840-1914) brought this object back from Ghana where he worked for the Basel Mission between 1864 and 1908
MEG Inv. ETHAF 028874 and 062266
it contained
Ghana, Akropong? Kumasi? Abetifi? Akan peoples, Asante? 19th century. Paper, leather, fibre, wood, horsehair, cotton
Gift from Mme Louis Ramseyer in 1953; Pastor Friedrich August Ramseyer (1840-1914) brought this object back from Ghana where he worked for the Basel Mission between 1864 and 1908
MEG Inv. ETHAF 028874 and 062266
