IDNO

T.103451.MF

Description

Full-length view of three Tallensi women wearing printed, patterned cloth and head ties (two of the women appear to be carrying babies on their backs) while walking down a street, passing a shop with the sign: “PETER ANDAKO CIGARETTE STOCKIST”.

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Kumasi; Agogo

Cultural Affliation

Ashanti

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/.

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]