IDNO

LS.103364.MF

Description

Seated in the foreground, facing the camera is Sonia Fortes. Behind her, there is a group of Tallensi men seated on the ground in a circle; some of the men are wearing animal skin tied in the toga-style and one man appears to be wearing printed, patterned cloth. To the right, there is a Tallensi hut (pointed, thatched, adobe hut).

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Mrs Sonia Fortes (nee Donen)

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.103363.MF - LS.103372.MF were kept in the box now numbered C566/.

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]