IDNO

N.107487.MF

Description

“Enter the Sapak [livestock yard] & Kɔnaara. Note Sakpantantuur.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135452.MF]

A group of men standing in a rough circle inside an adobe compound, surrounded by thatched roofed yir (houses). The man in the centre, his back to the camera, carries a staff in his right hand. The staff is topped with feathers or cloth. Most of the men wear an animal skin over one shoulder. [IG 6/8/2008]

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.107480.MF - N.107515.MF were kept in brown film roll now numbered C580/24.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Imogen Gunn 6/8/2008]