IDNO

LS.103397.MF

Description

Two young Tallensi boys wrestling. "A wrestling match-with an eye on the goat lest it wander into the growing crops." In the background, there is a white goat.

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.103397.MF - LS.103405.MF were kept in the box now numbered C570/.

Publication: Image published in Fortes, Myer., 1970. Time and Social Structure and other Essays. (University of London, Athlone Press), p.253, "3b. A wrestling match-with an eye on the goat lest it wander into the growing crops." [ED 21/5/2008]

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 21/5/2008]