Paddles are Fetishes
Photograph
Paddles are Fetishes
From Ghana's New Port Kills a Colorful Old Custom
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in. (23.8 × 18.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0103
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TC: Magnum News Service11/61 \ Story # II Ghana's New Port Kills a Colorful Old Custom. \ #13 in packet Credit: Marc Riboud © Magnum News Photos \ (For full caption, see attached caption sheet) [line crossed out] \ Paddles are Fetishes: the curious three-pronged paddles are \ zealously guarded at night, burned when broken or \ touched by a foreigner. Thus, when the burly boatmen \ no longer ply their \ trade at Accra, they "will burn their paddles and go away." In the background, a \ cargo ship rides at anchor, waiting to be unloaded.
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