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1. Preparing calabash at farm, Banda, 1982

Description:: A group of men work together, gathered at farm, processing calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) for market sale. The calabash is split, its pulpy interior removed, and the gourd's interior surface scraped clean before drying. Shavings from this thinning process are scattered about on the ground. Several children are gathered nearby as the men work. A basket sits next to a pile of prepared calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra). Farm near Ahenkro, August, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Calabash; Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Lagenaria siceraria; Baskets; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
Identifier:: 22
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-28
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

2. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Exterior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the foreground, right, a cutlass (machete) rests on a sharpening stone. In the shade of the shelter's eave to the right of its roof-support pole are a small fired clay eating bowl, a clay cooking pot turned upside down resting on its rim, and a larger fired clay water storage pot. Farm shelters provide shade, refuge from rain and a place to rest and prepare food while families are at their farms, which may be located some distance from their homes. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Mats; Farm shelter; Cutlass; Sharpening stone
Subjects Facet:: Building; Baskets; Farming; Pottery
Identifier:: 35
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-28
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

3. Water storage pots, Banda area, 1994

Description:: Several large clay pots used for water storage (chͻkoo in Nafaanra) sit in the interior courtyard of a house next to a black metal barrel, which is also used for water storage. The surface of the two larger clay jars has been textured with maize cob roulette (bledjukaan in Nafaanra ), and one is decorated with arching grooves. The smallest jar has red-painted vertical lines on its interior rim. The small round-based jar has been placed on an enameled-ware pot for support. The larger water jar behind it rests on the upturned base of an enameled-ware headpan, re-purposed after its base rusted and it could no longer be used to carry things. A clay grinding bowl is visible in the lower left corner of the picture. Banda area, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Water storage; Water pots (chokoo); Maize cob roulette; Decoration; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Pottery; Water
Identifier:: 9
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
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

4. Learning from the past. Poster, 2014

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on how and what we can learn from the past. The poster encourages young people to talk to their elders to learn more about life in the past. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Community engagement; Lelee Akosua Kepefu; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Oral history; History; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2014
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

5. Banda in the 15th to 17th centuries. Poster, 2011

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life from the 15th through the 17th centuries. It briefly summarizes what has been learned from archaeological excavations at Kuulo Kataa about metal working. It also outlines the use of wild and domestic animals and the new objects and practices that developed in this time when trade connections with the Niger River area were strong. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17073
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Kuulo Kataa; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Dogs; Handicraft; Metal casting; Smelting; Pottery making; Metalworking; Tobacco; Foodways; Ivory; Iron; Corn; Tobacco pipes; Copper alloys; Forging; Beads; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1400-1650
Date searchable:: 2011-06
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016

6. Banda in the 13th to 15th centuries. Poster, 2011

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life during the 13th to the 15th centuries. It briefly summarizes what has been learned from archaeological excavations about handicrafts at Ngre Kataa including metal working and pottery making. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are available in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Community engagement; Ornaments; Poster; Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Metal casting; Pottery making; Metalworking; Forging; Iron; Copper alloys; Ivory; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1200-1450
Date searchable:: 2011-06
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016

7. Histories of farming and drought. Poster, 2014

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on histories of farming and drought in the Banda area. It describes how archaeologists learn about farming in the past and what has been learned about the foods which Banda peoples used in a period of severe drought several centuries ago. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are available in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Farming; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Droughts; Agriculture; Foodways; Sorghum; Corn; Pearl millet; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 1000-2000
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

8. Banda in the 18th & 19th centuries. Poster, 2011

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life during the 18th and 19th centuries based on oral histories, written sources and archaeology. It describes early written references to Banda and briefly summarizes what has been learned about handicrafts like potting and cloth-making based on archaeological excavations at Makala Kataa. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17068 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17067
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Spinning; Elmina Castle (Elmina, Ghana); Wars; Oral history; Tobacco pipes; Beads; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1700-1875
Date searchable:: 2011-06
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016

9. Housing the family. Poster, 2014

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on how past people in the Banda area housed their families. It describes what has been learned from archaeological excavations about how people built houses in the past and recent changes in housing. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Atakpame; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Housing; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 1400-2000
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

10. Clothing the family. Poster, 2014

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on how past people in the Banda area clothed their families. It describes how people dressed, how they made cotton cloth, and why cloth is no longer made in Banda. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spindle whorls; West African strip weaving; Spinning; Dyeing; Weaving; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 1824-2009
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

11. Feeding the family. Poster, 2014

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text focused on how past people in the Banda area fed their families. It describes foods eaten in the past, the changes in foods eaten today, and how people in the past coped with food shortages. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in 2014. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Community engagement; Milling; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Yams; Okra; Foodways; Cassava; Grinding; Sorghum; Corn; Pearl millet; Famines; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 1800-2009
Date searchable:: 2014-07
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2014

12. Ma Mnama weeding at farm near Banda-Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Ma Mnama had a reputation as a successful farmer in the Banda area. Here she uses a short-handled hoe (kagbaan in Nafaanra; pl. kagbɛɛn) to cultivate her intercropped field, located to the east of Banda-Ahenkro, 1982
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Weeding; Intercropping; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Hoeing; Intercropping; Agriculture; Farming
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016

13. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the shelter's rear corner, calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) bowls and ladles rest on a low platform constructed of poles and thatch. Several other worn calabash and fired clay vessels are beneath the platform. A hearth, right foreground, is constructed of three stones in-between which dry wood collected from around the farm is placed. Several maize (corn; bleju in Nafaanra) shucks lie on the ground, lower left foreground. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Mats; Farm shelter; Maize
Subjects Facet:: Building; Farming; Gourd, Calabash; Basket making; Firewood; Corn
Identifier:: 36
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-28
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

14. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:: Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. Pieces of firewood lay near the shelter's entrance with a small wooden double-ended pestle/grinder lying on its side in front of the wood. Several maize (corn) cobs (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) stripped of their kernels lay on the earthen floor of the shelter. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Mats; Farm shelter; Maize; Grinding pestle
Subjects Facet:: Building; Farming; Basket making; Firewood; Corn
Identifier:: 38
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-09
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-28
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

15. Learning about the past. Poster, 2011

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text which describes how scholars learn about the past through oral history, written sources and archaeology. It addresses questions including 'why do archaeologists dig?', 'how do things come to be buried in the ground?', and how do we know how old something is? It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17066 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Oral history; History; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-06
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda

16. Banda in the British colonial period. Poster, 2011

Description:: An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life in the early decades of British colonial rule. It briefly outlines changes brought into effect by British colonial officers. It also describes housing and colonial-period artifacts based on archaeological excavations at Makala Kataa. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Community engagement; Village planning; George Ekem Ferguson; Poster; Tolee Kofi Dwuru II
Subjects Facet:: Villages; Tobacco pipes; Beads; Housing; Heritage; Colonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1890-1957
Date searchable:: 2011-06
Genre:: Poster
Genre Facet:: Poster
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016

17. Aerial view of Banda settlements, 2019

Description:: An aerial view of Banda area settlements and roads, looking southeastward from the north side of Banda-Ahenkro, district administrative center since 2012 of the Banda District in Ghana's Bono (formerly Brong-Ahafo) Region. The linear range of Banda hills is visible in the background (right, top) with the compact core of Banda-Ahenkro center photo. To the west (right) and north (bottom), Ahenkro's houses are more dispersed than in its compact and older core. The left-hand fork of a Y-shaped road (center photo) is the main road that leads south towards Sabiye and Bofie to Menji. The right-hand fork is the now-bypassed old main road between Ahenkro and Kabruno. The road that extends horizontally across the left side of the photo is the paved road that extends from the Banda junction to the Wenchi-Bamboi road (N12). The clustered villages visible south of Ahenkro include Kanka, Kabruno, Sase, Gbao, Dompofie and Makala. To the west (photo's far right) of the Y-Junction, toward the base of the Banda hills, are light-green rectangular areas devoid of trees. These are fields once cleared for tobacco cultivation and now put to other forms of mono-cropping (single crop farming). To the east of Ahenkro (photo's far left) the angular straight edges and lighter green color of a cashew plantation stand out from the surrounding vegetation. Cashew has become an increasingly important cash crop grown in the area since the early 2000s. Two photos. Ahenkro, 25 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16955; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16786; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16753
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation; Cashew
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Villages; Agricultural lands; Roads; Cash crops; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. William Narteh Gblerkpor
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019
Date searchable:: 6/25/2019
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda;8.170771, -2.352672
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Commentary:: Images extracted from drone video
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170771, -2.352672

18. Towns and villages in the Banda area, Ghana

Description:: A map showing the location of towns and villages in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2020-02-28
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects Facet:: Maps; Villages; Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana)
Creator:: Desmond Roessingh
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 2020-02-28
Genre:: Map; Maps
Genre Facet:: Map
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda, Ghana
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Commentary:: Technical note: Projection WGS 1984, UTM Zone 30N; Data sources: Ann Stahl (Banda border, point locations); Natural Earth (country boundaries); Humanitarian Data Exchange, Open Street Map (roads); DIVA GIS, Open Street Map (rivers and elevations)

19. Clay sources and select archaeological sites, Banda Area, Ghana

Description:: A map showing the location of clay sources and selected archaeological sites in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana. Many of these sources were used to mine clay for making pottery in centuries past. Noted in parentheses are the compositional groups to which clay sources have been assigned through Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis. Groups "L" and "H2" are located to the west of the prominent line of hills that bisect the region. Group "K2" pits are located to the east of these hills.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2020-02-28
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects Facet:: Maps; Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Clay mining; Pottery making
Creator:: Desmond Roessingh
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 2020-02-28
Genre:: Map; Maps
Genre Facet:: Map
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda, Ghana
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:: Technical note: Projection WGS 1984, UTM Zone 30N; Data sources: Ann Stahl (Banda border, point locations); Natural Earth (country boundaries); Humanitarian Data Exchange, Open Street Map (roads); DIVA GIS, Open Street Map (rivers and elevations)

20. Archaeological sites in the Banda Area, Ghana

Description:: A map showing the location of archaeological sites and their associated occupational phases in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana. Occupational phases are part of a working chronology based on absolute dates (radiocarbon dates) and artifact sequences from excavated archaeological sites. Occupational phases of sites are shown in parentheses from earliest (1) to most recent in time (7).
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2020-02-28
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects Facet:: Maps; Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology)
Creator:: Desmond Roessingh
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 2020-02-28
Genre:: Map; Maps
Genre Facet:: Map
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Banda, Ghana
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:: Technical note: Projection WGS 1984, UTM Zone 30N; Data sources: Ann Stahl (Banda border, point locations); Natural Earth (country boundaries); Humanitarian Data Exchange, Open Street Map (roads); DIVA GIS, Open Street Map (rivers and elevations)

21. Side road, Banda area, 1982

Description:: A typical side road leading to villages off the then-main road that connected Menji to Ahenkro in the Banda area. Tall grass lines the narrow track which was primarily used by lorries which transported agricultural products. December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1982-12
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Landscapes; Grasses
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda
Date Digitized:: 2016
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Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

22. Cashew tree on a Banda area farm, 1995

Description:: A cashew tree (Anacardium sp.) grows in an agricultural field planted (foreground) with calabash (Lagenaria siceraria). Sampson Attah stands near the tree. Calabash has long been grown as a cash crop for local and regional sale in the Banda area. When cashew trees were first planted in the area from the mid-1990s, they were grown singly or in small numbers. A growing shift to cashew farming in the area during the early 2000s was accompanied by the planting of large stands of cashew trees referred to locally as "plantations." Banda area, June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1995-06
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Cashew; Anacardium; Agricultural field
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Farming;Gourd, calabash; Lagenaria siceraria; Cash crop
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-06
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda, Bono, Ghana
Date Digitized:: 2020
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23. Clay smoking pipe, Site A233, 2001

Description:: A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 2 views (bottom: view from side with pipe bowl to the left; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's cylindrical bowl has a flared pedestal base, the bottom of which shows signs of wear/abrasion. The bowl's rim has broken away. The stem joins the bowl at the base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem flares at the rim to a flattened lip. The pipe bowl is decorated with closely spaced rows of dentate impression. The flared base is decorated with several clusters of incised lines. Photo scale in cm. Site A233. 10 March, 2001.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2001-03-10
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects Facet:: Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF A233 01-183
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. N. Leith Smith
Date searchable:: 2001
Date searchable:: 2001-03-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: A233;8.17376,-2.49841
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:: Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.17376,-2.49841

24. Yam tuber exposed in a yam mound, Banda, 1982

Description:: The soil of a agricultural mound has been dug away to expose a yam (Dioscorea sp.) tuber. The yam vine spreads across the mound and beyond at the top of the photo, its roots surrounding the tuber. A yellow pencil is placed to the left of the yam to provide scale. Banda area, June, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1982-08
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Agricultural field; Dioscorea sp.
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Farming; Yams
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-08
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda, Bono, Ghana
Date Digitized:: 2020
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25. Newly formed yam mounds, Banda, 1982

Description:: Yam mounds have been raised in a partially cleared agricultural field. Small trees have been left to supply support for climbing vines and to aid fallowing after the field has been used for several years. The hard work of forming the mounds using short-handled hoes takes place early in the dry season, after which mounds are planted with yam cuttings during the months of January-February. The vines grow throughout the rainy months of April to August, forming new tubers which are ready for harvesting in late August-September. Banda area, Dec. 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1982-12
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Dry season; Agricultural field; Dioscorea esculenta
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Farming; Yams
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1982
Date searchable:: 1982-12
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda, Bono, Ghana
Date Digitized:: 2020
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