IDNO

N.107305.MF

Description

“The trench made for cooking the egg- egg & yams placed in.” [Fortes' Annotation]

Two men cooking an egg and yam mixture in a dirt trench as part of a funeral ceremony. One man squats with his back to the camera whilst the second man, holding a bowl in one hand, bends over the trench. [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]