IDNO

P.137382.MF

Description

Group of sixteen men and women sitting in wicker chairs around five square tables. Teacups and saucers are on the tables. The men, both European and Ashanti, wear European clothes, as do the women. In the background are tall trees and a two-storey house. In the right midground, cropped by the frame, is a car. [IG 15/8/2008, description from record N.107618.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.