Preparing yam fufu, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:

Adjua Anane (seated left) and Akosua, her young relative, prepare fufu by pounding cooked yams in a wooden mortar. Sister Yaa Yable Wo looks on. In the foreground is a metal grinding bowl styled after the locally made pottery grinding bowls that are found at archaeological sites dating back to the 1800s and earlier. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Metal pots; Fufu; Children' s work; Women' s work; Pounding

Subjects Facet:

Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-07/08

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro; 8.163178, -2.356290

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163178, -2.356290