IDNO

N.102217.MF

Description

Distant view of a group of Tallensi people seated amongst the rocks with hills in the background.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Yikpemdaan

Photographer

?Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

?November 1934 - ?January 1935

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Glass Negative Halfplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.102213.MF - P.102242.MF were kept in the box now numbered C555/.

Context: Fortes describes the landscape of the Tallensi, “The district of Zuarungu is a typical portion of the Trans-Volta Plateau. A number of bouldery hills from 100 to 500 feet high are scattered over is undulating surface. The most conspicuous are the Tong Hills, a small range stretching for about four miles just north of the river. It adds an attractive touch to an otherwise uninspiring landscape. A fringe of uninhabited bush, the home of a fair amount of game, follows the course of the two Voltas. From the Tong Hills the area of close settlement and perennial cultivation spreads out like a fan to the west, north and east. Gernerally speaking this settlement is relatively sparse and recent along the periphery of the area, except in the north to north-west segment, and densest and most ancient in the middle.” (Fortes, 1945, pp.3-4). [Alicia Fentiman, 29/4/2008].

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. [Alicia Fentiman, 6/5/2008]