IDNO

N.107307.MF

Description

“& covering it over w. dust & bits of rubble.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135215.MF]

Three men covering the trench used to cook an egg and yam mixture as part of a funeral ceremony with dust and rubble. Two men squat with their backs to the camera, one of whom is cropped by the left frame. The other man bends over the trench and is partially cropped by the right frame. [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]