IDNO

LS.103358.MF

Description

Close-up view of a group of Tallensi men taking part in a divination. Seated in the foreground, there is a Tallensi man wearing cloth tied in the toga-style. Behind him, there is a group of Tallensi men (some wearing cloth caps) watching a diviner using a wooden stick in a small bowl (to the right). The diviner is also wearing a cloth cap, a bracelet and a ring. The background consists of an open landscape and to the left, the Tallensi compound.

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.103357.MF - LS.103362.MF were kept in the box now numbered C565/.

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]