IDNO

T.103429.MF

Description

An Ashanti ceremonial occasion; there appears to be a chief dressed in ceremonial dress in the central midground. He is wearing a headdress with feathers. In the foreground, to the left and right there appears to be two colonial officials? or army officers? visible. In the background, the large red umbrella-sunshades are visible.

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]