IDNO

T.136927.MF

Description

A Tallensi divination session with the diviner and consulter working out the diagnosis of the situation. In the foreground two older men, wearing cotton tunics, sit facing one another with the man on the left holding one end of a stick upright amongst sacred stones and a gourd in the other hand. In the background other men watch on. [JD 8/24/2017]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

?1963

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.136463.MF - P.137502.MF were located in a cardboard box now numbered C616/.

P.136793.MF - P.136792.MF were located in a cream envelope now numbered C616/12.

T.136924.MF - T.136943.MF were located in a white envelope now numbered C616/12/7.