IDNO

P.137483.MF

Description

In the compound of the senior woman of the family. The infant children of several wives of the family left in the care of one of them. The lineage shrine can be seen against the wall on the left, part of it supported on a tree stump and part on the floor in shallow pottery dishes. In the foreground a dog lies sleeping. The young children wear waist bands and amulets of their spirit guardians around the neck. The adobe walls are decorated with bands of incised geometric pattern.
Reproduction of photograph pasted on proof page published as Plate 4 in The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi. [SW 19/3/2007, description from record P.100672.MF, JD 03/11/2017]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Upper East Region [Gold Coast; Northern Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

January 1934 - April 1937

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.137480.MF - P.137490.MF were located in a brown envelope now numbered C616/22.

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, Meyer, 1945. Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi (London: Oxford University Press).

Bibliographical Reference: Fortes, Meyer, 1949. The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi (London: Oxford University Press). Image published as Plate 4b and captioned: “In the Dendeno [Talni script] of the senior woman of the family. The infant children of several wives of the family left in the care of one of them. (This is the homestead of the head of a medial-lineage. Note the lineage beyar [Talni script] against the wall on the left, part of it supported on a tree stump and part on the floor in shallow pottery dishes.)” (page facing 49).