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21. 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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22. 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
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Commentary:
Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
Geographic Coordinates:
8.17376,-2.49841

23. 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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24. 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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25. 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. A 2018 interview with daughter Lelԑԑ Yahͻͻ provides background on Ma Mnama's history as a farmer. A link to the interview is available, below.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/f772a633-5e3c-4ec0-a550-0ed9769bbb79;
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
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl