IDNO

N.107526.MF

Description

Landscape image of a large group entering the dead man’s yir (house). The group is mostly comprised of women, many wearing perineal bands with ‘tails’ and one of whom holds an umbrella. Part of funeral ceremony. [IG 7/8/2008]

“A Dee just before corpse removed. Note women.” [Fortes' Annotation]

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 8/8/2008]