81. Women preparing food, Sabiye, 1986

Description:

Women in the house of Brɛmawuo work together to prepare the main meal of the day. The wives of the house sit on low wooden stools as they prepare food at clustered hearths. Each hearth is made of three laterite stones which hold the cooking pot above the fire. The women use an array of metal cooking vessels, calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) and a clay pot (on the front hearth). The clay pot was likely purchased from one of the potting villages on the west of the Banda hills. Beneath the thatched roof behind the women are hearths used during rainy weather. This house was revisited in November 2018 and several of the women pictured here were interviewed about how foodways have changed over the three decades since this photo was taken. Among the women pictured are (L-R) Adwoa Hana (stirring), Yaa Yaa Dankwa (Stirring), Ama Nwotwenwaa (holding a calabash), Abena Kuma, (standing in blue cloth) and Ama Mensah (standing in red cloth). Sabiye, 15 August 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17145 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17144

Date:

1986-08-15

Location(s) Facet:

Sabiye

Subjects:

Bremawuo House

Subjects Facet:

Gourd, Calabash; Stools; Cooking; Hearths; Textiles; Food preparation; West African strip weaving; Pottery

Identifier:

0

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-08-15

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.068359, -2.352164

82. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:

Yaa Tenabrԑ, a Nafana potter, stands as she begins to pull a clay lump upwards and outwards, using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique to form the walls of a clay pot. The clay rests on a metal plate (kpankpa in Nafaanra) supported by a wooden stump. She moves clockwise around the stump, using her left hand to draw clay up from the center of the lump and her right hand to shape and thin what will become the walls of the pot. As she pulls and smooths the clay, she forms the upper body and rim of the pot. The finger marks visible at this stage of the pot's forming show the direction in which she pulls the clay as she works. These marks will be smoothed away as she continues to form the pot. She uses a maize cob (bedjukaan in Nafaanra) as a tool to shape and smooth the pot's walls. She uses a spatula-like tool to thin and further smooth the surface. When she is finished forming the body and rim, she will set the clay jar aside to dry on the wooden pallet on which it rests. Once dry, she will add a rounded base to the pot. Five photos. Dorbour, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Potting; Women's work; Forming; Dorbour

Subjects Facet:

Pottery making; Handicraft

Identifier:

26

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137