IDNO

P.137387.MF

Description

Three-quarter length portrait of five women sitting on a bed with a metal frame. Each woman appears to have body paint on her face in long lines; the woman on the far left has paint on her upper body and arms. The woman sitting second from left appears to be wearing a garland of vines around her head and over her shoulders. [IG 15/8/2008, description from record N.107624.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.