IDNO

T.103420.MF

Description

Close-up view of a young Ashanti child sitting on an Ashanti man’s (his father’s?) back and wearing brightly coloured ceremonial dress and heavy ornate jewellery.

Place

W Africa; Ghana; ?Kumasi; ?Agogo [Gold Coast; Northern Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Asante

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Transparency - Colour Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.103416.MF - T.103435.MF were kept in the box now numbered C573/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 22/5/2008]