IDNO

T.103525.MF

Description

Two Tallensi women seated in the foreground preparing food? and drink?. They are surrounded by gourd? and ceramic pots?. In the background there is a Tallensi women standing, wearing a girdle? and necklace.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Upper East region

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

?1963- 1964

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Lanternslide - Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.103512.MF - T.103536.MF were kept in the box now numbered C577/.

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 27/5/2008]