IDNO

T.103440.MF

Description

Full-length back view of a young Ashanti woman wearing a white skirt and green-striped T-shirt and white skirt. Standing next to her is a young Ashanti girl wearing a yellow dress; her back appears to be painted white. In the background, there is a large crowd of Ashanti people wearing brightly-coloured clothing and a building with a corrugated-iron roof.

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Kumasi; Agogo

Cultural Affliation

Asante

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

1963

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Transparency - Colour Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.103436.MF - T.103472.MF were kept in the box now numbered C574/.

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