IDNO

N.107536.MF

Description

“Rite of going in to put on the Kpalaη. Coming out w. straw in mouth.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135491.MF]

Landscape image of the dead man’s adobe yir (house). Outside the house is a black trunk propped up on rocks, a trough with a dead animal inside it, and various other odds and ends. A striped cloth hangs from the walls. A man leans up against the building, while another squats in front of it. To the far right, partially cropped by the frame, is a shrine. Part of funeral ceremony. [IG 8/8/2008]

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 8/8/2008]