IDNO

P.137495.MF

Description

“A sickly infant.” [Fortes' Annotation]

Full-length portrait of two young girls and a 'sickly infant'. The eldest girl wears a double waistband, and carries an emaciated infant on her right hip. The infant stares at the camera, her ribs and bones plainly visible. On the other side of the eldest girl stands a younger girl, who wears a waistband and a necklace. Scarification is visible on her right cheek, two parallel lines running from the inside of her nose down to her jawbone. [IG 5/8/2008, description from record N.107470.MF, JD 08/11/2017]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

1936 - 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.137491.MF - P.137501.MF were located in a cream envelope now numbered C616/23.