IDNO

P.137370.MF

Description

Portrait of men, women and children standing and sitting in rows. The central figure wears a light, striped garment wrapped up to his neck. On either side of him, sit a man and woman in traditional Ashanti clothes. Behind him stand men and women, some of their heads cropped by the upper frame. One woman holds a drum under one arm. [IG 14/8/2008, description from record N.107606.MF, JD 30/10/2017]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; South Central Region; ?Ashanti Province [Gold Coast]

Cultural Affliation

Ashanti

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

circa 1952

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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

P.137328.MF - P.137478.MF were located in a cream envelope now numbered C616/20.

P.137354.MF - P.137390.MF were located in a brown envelope now numbered C616/20/2.