IDNO

N.135679.MF

Description

"The zɔŋ zanɔr (gateway), showing the skin, cap, quiver + bow of deceased, during Koor of Nindɔjat (Zubiuŋ [Zubiunj])'s father." [Fortes' annotation]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Nindɔjar

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer; or Fortes, Sonia

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

1935

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.135604.MF - P.135731.MF were found in blue notebook, now numbered C770/4.

Context: 'zɔŋ' is the first room of the homestead and used by the yirdaana (head of the household). [Fortes 1949, p.54, JD 11/15/2017]