Subject(s): cordage / Format: image - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: Cordage used to secure a hoop formed from a flexible stick. The hoop will be used to stretch and brace the bamboo sticks of the outer body of a basketry fish trap. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19547
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Fish traps; Cordage; Handicrafts; Baskets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-26
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

Description:: The completed interior trap (tongue, exa woade in Ewe) made of bamboo that will be inserted into the outer body of the basketry fish trap. Once inserted and secured, the tongue allows fish to enter but blocks their exit from the trap. A twisted vine lies on the ground in front of the inner trap. This is the first step in processing the vine into rope like that used to weave the trap. A bale of industrially made blue fishing net sits in the background. Akanyakrom, 26 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19545
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-26
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

Description:: Dzobo Rubben, an Ewe fisherman, holds a vine that has been twisted in preparation for rope making. The vine will be set aside to dry for several days before being processed by pounding with a wooden mallet. The rope will be used in fish trap making. Bamboo sticks that will be used for the body of the basketry fish trap can be seen lying on the ground in the background. Akanyakrom, 18 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets
Creator:: Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-18
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

Description:: Ewe fisherman Dzobo Sebastian uses rope made from a vine to secure bamboo sticks as he weaves a basketry fish trap. He has woven a first row, now secured by pegs, and is moving in the opposite direction as he weaves a second row. He uses his feet to secure the bamboo sticks as he twists the cord between sticks. Behind him is a wooden mallet used to process the cordage. A large blue industrially made fish net is stretched out behind him. Akanyakrom, 21 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
Creator:: Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-21
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

Description:: Ewe fisherman Dzobo Rubben weaves the top section of a basketry fish trap made of bamboo and vine cordage, securing the trap with his feet as he works. He uses cordage to bundle bamboo sticks and narrow the trap toward its top. In lower rows, individual bamboo sticks are separated by two twists of rope. As the weaver nears the top, he reduces the twist between sticks to one, narrowing their spacing. In the next row he bundles two sticks separated by one twist. He then bundles four, then eight, creating a cone-shaped trap. Akanyakrom, 23 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
Creator:: Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-23
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Coverage-Temporal:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

Description:: Mawell Gbadago (left), Dzobo Sebastian (center) & Dzobo Rubben (right) pictured with a basketry fish trap (exa in Ewe) that they made as part of a British Museum Endangered Material Knowledge Programme project to document Indigenous technologies in the Banda area. In his right hand, Sebastian carries a length of coiled stick (afɔtasi in Ewe) like that used to force open the trap body; a bundle of twisted vine used to make the rope with which the fishermen weave the bamboo trap; and a wooden mallet (ɛka fokpo in Ewe) used to pound the vine (adzɔ in Ewe) as they process it into rope. Akanyakrom, 29 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Bamboo; Cordage; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets; Ewe (African people)
Creator:: Patrick Mensah
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-29
Genre Facet:: Digial image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
People Depicted:: Maxwell Gbadago; Dzobo Sebastian; Dzobo Rubben
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.246709, -2.244840

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