IDNO

N.107301.MF


Description

“Koor: Tɛndaar Gieŋ's Koor. Women’s work.” [Fortes' annotation on P.135211.MF]

Portrait of approximately six women, four facing away from the camera and two wearing a wrap-around cloth. They stand in front of thatched adobe structure. [IG 15/7/2008]

Physical Condition: The negative has been cut or ripped between frame 13 and frame 14, and both sections are stored together.


Place

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


Cultural Affliation

Tallensi


Named Person

Tɛndaan Gieŋ


Photographer

Fortes, Meyer


Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer


Date

1936 - 1937


Collection Name

Fortes Collection


Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan


Format

Film Negative Black & White


Primary Documentation


Other Information

N.106678.MF - N.108070.MF were kept in a brown cardboard box numbered C580/.

N.107301.MF - N.107336.MF were kept in brown film 'Roll 22/89/2' (frames 1 - 36) now numbered C580/19.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Imogen Gunn 15/7/2008]


FM:241951

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