IDNO

P.137501.MF

Description

“Water heating rite - Ta’aη supervises.” [Fortes' Annotation on P.135485.MF]

Part of a funeral ceremony of three men standing over a large bowl for 'water heating rite'. The man on the left, with his hands on his knees, wears a wide-brimmed hat. A woman, wearing a perineal band and a ‘tail’ bends over the bowl with her back to the camera. A third person is obscured by her shadow. They all stand in a dusty Tallensi landscape. [IG 8/8/2008, description from record N.107530.MF, JD 08/11/2017]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Taaη

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

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