IDNO

P.137389.MF

Description

Landscape image of a procession, lead by three men playing drums. Behind them walk a line of men and women, eventually cropped by the left frame. To the right are a group of small children. In the background is a one-storey building with a corrugated roof, and similar buildings are in the right distance. [IG 15/8/2008, description from record N.107626.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.