IDNO

P.137377.MF

Description

Landscape image of two women sitting on the side of the road, each with a child on her lap. To the right are several men and children in dark patterned clothes. The woman on the left wears a white garment around her waist and breastfeeds an infant. She has a white wrap around her head, with a headband of beads or leaves, and appears to have body pain on her arms and chest. The woman on the right wears a one-shouldered white garment, and a thin white headband. On her lap sits a small child. Between them sit two children, each wearing white dresses and each with a headband of beads or leaves. To the right, two men are seated on stools, each wearing one-shouldered, patterned garments. Behind them are two standing adults, and at least three small children. They are all in front of an adobe building, and a tree-lined street is visible in the left background. [IG 15/8/2008, description from record N.107613.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.