IDNO

N.107550.MF


Description

“A baja’s kpaan.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135505.MF]

Landscape image of divining equipment, including stones, the hoof of an animal, a vertebra, etc. They are lined up in front of a log. [IG 11/8/2008]


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 11/8/2008]


FM:242200

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