IDNO

T.103427.MF

Description

An Ashanti chief? wearing printed, patterned, yellow cloth and a head tie. Surrounding the Ashanti? chief, there is a small group of people. One man is holding up a large red sunshade-umbrella. This umbrella is providing shade for all of the people in the image.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

?Ashanti

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/.

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]