IDNO

P.137408.MF

Description

Landscape image of a building with a overhanging corrugated roof supported by two wood poles. Underneath the overhang gather men, women and children. In the centre, two men stand with their backs to the camera and leafy branches over one shoulder. [IG 19/8/2008, description from record N.107646.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.137391.MF - P.137421.MF were located in a brown envelope now numbered C616/20/3.