IDNO

LS.103345.MF

Description

"The Tεndaana’s waiting for Tcyraana’s daam. Note kihkayah in court." [Fortes' Annotation]

A group of Tallensi men seated on the ground within the Tallensi compound: Tεndanna. The men are wearing cloth head-ties and arm ornaments and they are holding wooden sticks. In the foreground, to the right, there is a young Tallensi boy seated on the ground. In the background there appears to be an object made from reeds?/ grass? tied together. In the background, to the right, there is pointed, thatched, adobe Tallensi hut. [ED 19/05/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

circa 1934 - 1937

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]