Ritual Decapitation: Ashanti and Guyana

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Title

Ritual Decapitation: Ashanti and Guyana

Description

An illustration depicting white men posing with the decapitated heads of rebels of the 1823 Demerara Rebellion - It being a ritual copied from West African warriors and African American slave rebels.

Subject

Demerara Slave Rebllion (Guyana); Photographic prints; Decapitations - Guyana - 1820 - 1830; Rites
Ceremonies

Source

NLJ Print Collection

Identifier

D0002833

Format

JPEG

Type

Print

Citation

“Ritual Decapitation: Ashanti and Guyana,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed December 22, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/1285.