IDNO

T.103481.MF

Description

Full-length frontal view of three Tallensi men. The man, to the left is wearing a long-sleeved white tunic and a white cap, while the man in the centre is wearing printed, patterned cloth and the man to the right is wearing short blue shorts). In the background, there is a bicycle leaning against a flat-roofed, adobe Tallensi hut.

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Upper East region [Gold Coast; Northern Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

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.103473.MF - T.103498.MF were kept in the box now numbered C575/.

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 23/5/2008]