IDNO

N.107499.MF

Description

“Lɔɣani's [brother] Kuur’s tcbg bɔɣar on day of Kuur’s death. Mortuary gifts w. half the black chicken on it, the knife & the staff.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135464.MF]

Portrait image of a bɔɣar (shrine), composed of a mound of small rocks, in the landscape. On the bɔɣar is a sacrificed chicken, two knifes point-down, and a staff. In the background is an adobe compound. [IG 7/8/2008]

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 7/8/2008]