IDNO

N.107495.MF

Description

“The bitten woman at her room door. Note infected leg smeared w. adobe & medicine on chin. Note the talismans. Note the Zuur, & the pot.” [Fortes' Annotation]

Landscape image of a woman seated in profile at the zanɔr (entranceway) of a yir (house). She sits with her legs stretched out in front of her, and the calf bitten by a snake (the left) is covered with mud. Around her neck are two crescent-shaped talismans, hanging from long cords and her right cheek is smeared with medicine. Her right hand rests on a whisk. To the left is a large pot, resting on cooking stones, with a cover. [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]