IDNO

N.101828.MF

Description

Burning the stubble of a field on the saman (compound farm) in a Tallensi settlement. The smoke is billowing and in the background is a tree. [AF 16/4/2008]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Upper East Region [Gold Coast; Northern Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

?Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

24 November 1934

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Glass Negative Halfplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.101822.MF - N.101832.MF were kept in the box now numbered C546/.

The inscription on the metal box numbered C545/ does not fully correspond with the contents.

Context: The yearly farming cycle is described in a detailed table which shows the productive cyle detailing the farming activities and the food economy month by month. (See Fortes, 1936)

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, M. and S. Fortes. 1936. “Food in the Domestic Economy of the Tallensi”. Africa, Vol.9, No.2, pp.237-276.

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, Meyer, 1945. Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi (London: Oxford University Press).

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, Meyer, 1949. The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi (London: Oxford University Press).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 12/4/2007] [Alicia Fentiman 16/4/2008]