IDNO

N.107302.MF

Description

“A woman wearing daughter’s dooluŋ [neck ornament with cowrie shells] same funeral activity - sharing food or something of the sort.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135171.MF]

Image of approximately five women, three facing away from the camera, and two in profile wearing a wrap-around cloth. The central woman wears a leather? waist band with a flap that hangs over her buttocks. 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

Named Person

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]