IDNO

LS.103340.MF

Description

Full-length, frontal view of a Tallensi man in hunting gear?. The man is wearing a woven? cap and he appears to have a wide-brimmed straw hat on his back. In one hand he is holding a spear. He appears to be wearing animal skin?; an apron with tassels and designs, as well as holding an embroidered bag and other fetishes?.

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/.

Publication: Image published in Fortes, M., 1945. The Dynamics of Clanship among the Tallensi: Being the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe. Oxford University Press, Plate X, p.177, with the caption: "(a) The Gbizug tεndaana dressed for a specially important ritual occasion. Notice his black string cap, one of the distinctive emblems of his office." [ED 16/5/2008]

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. [Elisabeth Deane 19/5/2008]