IDNO

P.137466.MF

Description

Probably a small food market with a young Ashanti? girl eating, possibly kwanga? (cassava bread), while looking directly at the camera. In front of the girl is a pile of cassava roots, and to the left a pan of cooked kwanga?. The girl is standing in the middle of a small group of woman (heads cropped by frame) under a thatch sun shelter. [JD 12/09/2017]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; ?Accra [Gold Coast]

Cultural Affliation

Ashanti

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

circa 1970

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.137477.MF were located in a cream envelope now numbered C616/20.

P.137449.MF - P.137465.MF are located on a 8x10" contact sheet.