IDNO

N.107475.MF

Description

“Blowing the Goorin ?tintan.” [Fortes' Annotation]

Portrait image of a man, standing in profile and blowing a trumpet. The trumpet is made of a horn, and a thick rope is attached to either end. The man wears an animal skin over one shoulder and a light-coloured loin covering. [IG 5/8/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

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.107444.MF - N.107479.MF were kept in brown film roll, 28/69, frames 45 - 35, now numbered C580/23.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Imogen Gunn 5/8/2008]