IDNO

P.137489.MF

Description

"The Rites of rehearsing first born children of Namoo from the taboos separating them from their father.
1) The first born son, wearing his father's garments or a symbolical bow and quiver, followed by the first born daughter are ritually taken through the zɔŋ in which the spirits of the ancestors dwell." [Fortes' annotation]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Namoo

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

circa 1934 - 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.

Context: 'zɔŋ' is the first room of the homestead and used by the yirdaana (head of the household). [Fortes 1949, p.54, JD 11/15/2017]