IDNO

N.107519.MF

Description

“?Sarupɔja dancer. Note his grandchildren & his own daughter as interested spectators.” [Fortes' Annotation]

“Woman dancer.” [Fortes' Annotation]

A woman dancing in the centre of a circle of people, who include the dead man’s children and grandchildren. In the extreme right foreground is a man playing the drum, his back to the camera. They stand inside a compound, the adobe walls visible behind the dancer and a yir (house) to the left. A shrine is directly behind the dancer. Part of funeral ceremony. [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

April 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.107516.MF - N.107551.MF were kept in brown film roll, 30/321/2, frames 1 - 36, now numbered C580/25.

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