IDNO

LS.103339.MF

Description

Teaching tool: Piece of glass with "Native Names & Terms" written on it.

"Native Names & Terms.
Tale ... Name of the whole linguistic group.
Taləŋa, pl. Tallensi - members of the Tale speaking group.
Namoos - (Ancestor: Mosur): The Tale who live at Tongo etc. Have chiefs.
Tallis - The other Tale speakers.
Namoos, Tallis = Tallensi
Festivals
Giŋgauŋ, Daa, Boγaraam, Gɔlib
Tεndaana
Bɔγar"

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Lanternslide - Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.103334.MF - LS.103356.MF were kept in the box now numbered C564/.

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 19/5/2008]