IDNO

LS.103411.MF

Description

"Girls bringing firewood from the bush." [Fortes' annotation on P.136724.MF]

Two Tallensi women walking on a pathway wearing girdles and carrying large bundles of firewood on their heads. To the left, there appears to be man wearing a loin cloth and bending over to look at something. [ED 5/22/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Lanternslide - Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.103408.MF - LS.103415.MF were kept in the box now numbered C572/.

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 22/5/2008]