IDNO

N.107321.MF

Description

“Small boys eating saɣabo, ŋma maala' day.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135226.MF]

Young boys in the foreground and midground sit on the ground in small groups, probably eating saɣabo from shared bowls. An older boy bends over from a standing position in the left foreground. In the left background, three older boys stand holding a bowl. [IG 23/7/2008]

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]