Fort Firmenger, Quittah [Keta] Ghana
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Keta Ghana -- Photographs
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content: West African photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 13.5 x 21 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [between 1877-1895]
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Enrica Sturani, 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170035
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content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Fort Firmenger, a small cylinder shaped concrete house encircled with a moat, in Keta (formerly, Quittah), Ghana, between 1877-1895. A single door and several verticle firing ports are evident. A soldier is standing beforethe doorway and two soldiers within the doorway. A worker is standing in the moat. Assuming that the door is 5' in heigth, the structure is approximately 12' in heigth while the diameter is approximately 15' across the top and 25' at its base. Accompanying inscription reads, "Fort Firmenger Quittah." Photographer unknown.