IDNO

LS.103382.MF

Description

"A party of women & girls returning from the bush with baskets of shea fruit + other bush products. (The youth, second from right was met by chance on the path)." [Fortes' annotation on P.136653.MF]

A group of young Tallensi women standing on a path wearing belts tied around their waists and many are carrying wooden, wicker baskets on their heads (for fishing?).

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.103380.MF - LS.103389.MF were kept in the box now numbered C568/.

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 20/5/2008]