IDNO

N.102163.MF

Description

“Sacrifice at ηoo [Njoo]. 12/3/35.
A distant view of the Tɔηgban & same of the people.” [Fortes' annotation]

Distant view of a group of Tallensi people sitting on some rocks making a sacrifice to the Tɔηgban (Earth Shrine) at ηoo [Njoo]. [JD 28/11/2017]

Physical Condition: Negative out of focus.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

?Yidaaing

Photographer

?Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

10 November 1934

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Glass Negative Halfplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.102159.MF - N.102166.MF were kept in the box now numbered C549/.

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).

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, Meyer, 1987. Religion, Morality and the Person: Essays on Tallensi Religion (London: Oxford University Press).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding, 15/8/2007] [Alicia Fentiman, 23/4/2008]