IDNO

N.102745.MF

Description

Five men outside with sticks? in their hands. Two on the right look as if they are dressed for hunting. [AF 02/06/2008]

A group of Tallensi men probably out on a hunt as they are carrying bows, and spears. The men have their backs to the camera, and in the distance there more men walking on the savannah. [JD 25/08/2017]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

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.102655.MF - N.102841.MF were kept in the box now numbered C559/.

N.102732.MF - N.102759.MF are on film roll 3, Frames 43 (o) - 38).

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). [ED 25/2/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 28/2/2008]