IDNO

P.137421.MF

Description

Landscape image of three women and one child sitting under a tree in the right foreground. The woman? on the right reaches out to touch the forehead of the woman seated opposite her. Another woman looks on while a small child crawls between them. Behind them is a building with a corrugated roof, supported by wood poles. [IG 19/8/2008, description from record N.107661.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.