IDNO

N.102633.MF

Description

Distant view of a Tallensi family group (Yinyela’s family) harvesting naara (early millet). [AF 13/6/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Yinyela

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

?February - ?April 1934

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.102560.MF - N.102652.MF were kept in the negative album “IV” now numbered C558/.

Context: Domestic Organization in Relation to Agriculture and Crops. The staple crop is millet (generically, ki) of which there are three kinds, early millet (naara: pennisetum typhoideum); guinea corn (ki specifically, each variety being known by a special term, e.g. kutok, kazii & c.: sorgum vulgare); and late millet (za: pennisetum spicatum). These with a small amount of rice (mui: orzya sativa) occupy 92 per cent. of the area cultivated in the Zuarangu district. (Fortes, M., and Fortes, S.L., 1936, Africa: Journal of the international African Institute, Vol. 9, No. 2, Problems of African Native Diet, pp. 242-243.). [ED 27/11/2007]

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. [Elisabeth Deane 22/2/2008]