See also Konkomba (Bekpokpam) history, culture, religion, economy
Froelich, Jean Claude. La tribu Konkomba du nord Togo. Dakar, IFAN. 1954.
Titles are rough (and sometimes partial) translations from the French. For accuracy please refer to the original.
40-year old farmer in working
dress with hat.
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Old woman with brass bracelet | |
Young woman with brass bracelets, scarifications and necklace of glass beads | |
Man in ceremonial dress: helmet with feathers, quiver, axe, archer's bracelet, bead belt, G-string. | |
Young girl with bracelet of copper and wood, white embroidered skirt | |
Young girl seated with brass and wood bracelet embroidered skirt, red belt, glass jewelry, earrings | |
Old man with boubou | |
Metalworking
and metal objects 8. Lump of iron and horseshoe 9. Bellows 10, 11. Anvil 12. Hammer 13. Tongs 14. Adze; 15. "grelot" 16. Sickle 17. Awl 18. Arrowheads 19. Adze 20. Dagger 21. Hoe blade |
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Jewelry 22. Silver bracelet 23. Copper bracelet 24. Wood and copper bracelet 25. Copper and iron rings |
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Agricultural
tools 26. Hoe blade attachment 27. Hoe 28. Women's hoe 29. Adze for wood 30. Rain shoes |
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Wooden
objects 31. Love seat 32. Women's chair 33. Chair "casse-tete" 34. Canoe and paddle 35. Knock-down chair |
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Pottery 36. Water pot 37. Beer pot 38. Pot for preparing beer 39. Cup 40. Shower bowl 41. Pot 42. Pot for storing valuables 43. 44. Water pot 45 Pot with holes |
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Headgear 46. Red and blue embroidery for decoration of loin cloth 47, 48. Straw hats |
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Calabash 49, 50. Beer gourds |
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Calabash
art a. Soldiers, "Hippotrague," scorpion b. Fish, horses, bustard c. Soldier, leopard, rifles d. Four men, bugler,hyena? |
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Basketry 52,53. Scoops 54. Fish trap 55. Basket 56. Fish trap 57. Fish trap 58. Wicker basket 59. Detail of 58 |
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Dance costume | |
Musical
Instruments 109 Horn 110,111 Three-stringed mandolin 112 Whistle 113,114 Drums 115 Horn 116 Drum 117 Iron bell 118-122 Whistles 123 Drum 124, 125 Horns |
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Drums | |
Weapons | |
Yam mounds | |
Consulting a diviner | |
Agrarian rites | |
Funeral |