IDNO

N.107513.MF

Description

“ɔmara and his four youngest daughters - each the daughter of a different wife - having a snack at mid-day.” [Fortes’ Caption]

“ɔmara & his children, one of ?Saaudi’s children on left, ?Kuoni’s on right.” [Fortes' Annotation]

“Father sharing his meal with children.” [Fortes’ Caption]

A man sits with his young daughter on his lap, holding a bowl from which both he and his daughter eat. He has scarification on his right cheek: very fine, parallel lines running from his mouth up to his temple. In his right hand he holds a spoon, and appears to be chewing. His young daughter puts food in her mouth with her right hand and wears a large pendant around her neck. To the right are three other daughters, each looking left toward their father. Two of the girls have scarification on their left cheek: a long line from the inside of their nose down to their jawbone. They all stand under a tree trunk and adobe wall. [IG 7/8/2008]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

ɔmana; Saandi; Kuoni

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.

Publication: Image published in: Fortes, Meyer, 1949. The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi (London: Oxford University Press), p. 128, Plate 8b, with the following caption:
“Cmara and his four youngest daughters - each the daughter of a different wife - having a snack at mid-day.”

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Imogen Gunn 7/8/2008]