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101. Women of Brɛmawuo house, Sabiye, 2018

Description:: Women of Brɛmawuo house, most of whom no longer live in the house, have come together for an interview sparked by a 1986 photo of them gathered around hearths in the compound's courtyard preparing food. As they talk, several of the women are processing calabash seeds (fnumu in Nafaanra), cracking the hull to extract the seed. An audio recorder sits on a low wooden stool with a lidded iron pot nearby. The binder of photos that has sparked the conversation sits on the veranda to the right. Enoch Mensah of the Banda Heritage Local Committee (interviewer, on left) sits on a blue plastic chair as he listens to the women talk about changes in foodways. L-R the women are Ama Mensah (black head scarf), Ama Nwotwenwaa (orange dress), Adwoa Hana, Yaa Yaa Dankwa and Abena Kuma. A video of the full interview can be accessed through through the "iaff_works" link below. Sabiye, 13 November, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17184 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17144; https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/7e493a78-8917-4f49-adb6-11bdc4f75f19
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Metal pots; Interview; Photographs; Plastic chairs
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Stools; Cooking; Chairs
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-11-13
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

102. Bɔfɔɔrɔ percussion instruments, Fawoman, 2019

Description:: Two Nafana men from Fawoman--center and right--beat out foundational rhythms on hippopotamus jaw bones using a hippo canine tooth to accompany a performance of hunters' dances (Bɔfɔɔrɔ in Nafaanra). Oral history recounts that the dances are those of animals observed and copied by ancestral hunters, generations ago. The percussion instruments are said to be those collected by ancestral hunters after they watched the animals dancing, then scared them off and collected their equipment. Left, a man plays an "apentemma" (Twi) drum with his hands. A June 2019 performance of the dances at a Banda Heritage Event can be viewed through a link below. Fawoman, 21 May, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19212; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19041
Location(s) Facet:: Fawoman
Subjects:: Apentemma drum; Canine; Performance
Subjects Facet:: Drums (musical instrument); Hippopotamus; Dance; Hunters
Creator:: Sampson Attah
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019
Date searchable:: 2019-05-21
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Fawoman;8.120434, -2.240526
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.120434, -2.240526

103. Irene Mensah, member of the Banda Heritage Initiative Local Committee, Boase, 2018

Description:: Irene Mensah, a member of the Banda Heritage Initiative Local Committee, uses a camcorder to shoot video footage in Boase during a visit by the Local Committee to document the songs and dances of Nafana puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) ceremonies. She volunteered to join the Local Committee after hearing her grandfather tell stories of the area's past during an interview. To the right, a group of young people are gathered near a small kiosk which is surrounded by a bicycle, a motorcycle and a motorized three-wheeled cart. Metal-roofed houses line the main street. Boase, 11 November, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Boase
Subjects:: Kiosk
Subjects Facet:: Bicycles; Vehicles; Metal roofing; Housing
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-11-11
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Boase;8.021440, -2.297872
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.021440, -2.297872

104. Young men from Kafͻnͻ Katoo view pictures of their house taken in 1986, Ahenkro, 2018

Description:: Several young men gather outside of Kafͻnͻ (Kafono) Katoo under the shade of a small thatched shelter. They are looking at a binder of photos that includes pictures of their family house taken in 1986 when its roof was being re-thatched. At that time the house was decorated with a painting of a bicycle, reputed to be the first bicycle in Banda. Ahenkro, 1 September, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17344 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17347
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafono Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Photographs; Bicycles; Housing
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-09-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163454, -2.355734

105. Women viewing photos, Sabiye, 2018

Description:: Two women (Ama Nwotwenwaa and Yaa Yaa Dankwa) view a binder of photos during an interview in the house of Brɛmawuo about cooking practices. The interview was sparked by a 1986 photo of these and other women in the household preparing food. Two youngsters look on. Sabiye, 13 November, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17184 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17145
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Interview; Photographs
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Cooking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-11-13
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

106. Sacred Objects of Gape Katoo, Bofie, 1995

Description:: Elders of Gape Katoo with the sacred bronze basin, copper alloy vessel, iron knife and "chain" (copper alloy anklet) associated with ancestor Buari Kojo, Bofie, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17444 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16724 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16722 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16723
Location(s) Facet:: Bofie
Subjects:: Bronze basin; Anklet; Gape Katoo; Family history; Buari Kojo
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Ritual; Oral history
Identifier:: slide 27
Creator:: Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Emmanuel Dwira
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Bofie;8.019775, -2.375237
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.019775, -2.375237

107. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:: Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, Ma Millah dances, center. To the left Yaw Ble plays an antelope antler horn. Standing right, Kwame Fnaso drums. Eleven photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo; Horn; Atumpan drums
Subjects Facet:: Drums (musical instrument); Funeral customs and rites; Dance; Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-08
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

108. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:: Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. On the left, Yaw Ble plays an antelope antler horn while holding an iron gong in his right hand. Abena Gyakari, Akua Bedu Wo, and Akua Asԑmpasa (blue top) play calabash rattles. Standing, Kwame Fnaso plays the special drums associated with the shrine. Looking on, right, is James Anane. Two photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Rattles; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo; Horn; Atumpan drums
Subjects Facet:: Gourd, Calabash; Gongs; Drums (musical instrument); Funeral customs and rites; Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-08
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

109. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:: Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, Yaw Ble wears a strip-woven smock as he plays an antelope antler horn and dances. To the left, women play calabash rattles and Kwabena Nika plays a double iron gong. Drums that belong to the shrine are played as he dances. Four photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Rattles; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo; Horn; Atumpan drums
Subjects Facet:: Gourd, Calabash; Gongs; Drums (musical instrument); Funeral customs and rites; West African strip weaving; Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-08-08
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

110. Banda Research Project Team, July 1995

Description:: Local and visiting members of the Banda Research Project Team gathered on the day of the Banda Cultural Centre's dedication event. Their shirts are printed with the Cultural Centre's motto/logo "Nyu Nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Community event; Banda Cultural Centre; Banda Research Project
Identifier:: Negatives 13 and 14
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre Facet:: Color negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

111. Front and side views of a twinned copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Front and side views of a twinned, lost-wax-cast copper-alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2. Height: 3.9 cm. Weight: 3.8 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-318
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-08-02
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

112. Front and side views of a copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Front and side views of a lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3. Height: 3.5 cm. Weight: 2.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-319
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

113. Copper alloy finger ring, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A copper alloy finger ring made from a rod forged into undulating S-shaped loops and joined at its ends by a flat metal plate. Two views. From Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, Level 7. Height: 1.4 cm. Width: 2.6 cm. Weight: 8.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 9 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, Level 7
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Ornaments; Archaeology; Rings (finger jewelry); Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-025
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

114. Iron serpentine sculpture, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: Two views of a serpent-like figure made from an iron rod. The "head" of the direct metal sculpture resembles a triangular-tipped iron projectile point, similar to those found on the same site during the same time period. The body is formed by undulating S-shaped loops which are stacked atop one another to form the "tail." Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 1. Scale in cm. Length: 8.4 cm. 39.6 g. Kuulo Kataa, 15 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 1
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Serpents
Subjects Facet:: Direct metal sculpture; Archaeology; Snakes; Iron; Projectile point; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-103
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

115. Twinned copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: Two views of a twinned lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3. Lower "foot" plate broken off from figurine body. Height: 3.7 cm. Weight: 13.2 g. Kuulo Kataa, 15 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-137
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

116. Tolɛɛ Kofi Dwuru II, Paramount Chief of Banda, Ahenkro, 1967

Description:: Tolɛɛ Kofi Dwuru II was the Paramount Chief of Banda from the time of his enstoolment in 1938 until his death in 1977. Here the Nafana chief is pictured seated on an Asante-style "akonkromfi" chair with his sandaled feet resting on a carved wooden white stool to which protective leather amulets made by Islamic clerics have been tied on to the stool's central column. Two large cast metal bells rest on either side of the stool at its base. The paramount chief wears a white cotton cloth bearing geometric designs and Arabic script written in black, blue and red inks. To the right, an Asante-style "assipim" chair is propped against the wall. Suspended from a cord on the wall behind him is a collection of animal bones among which are large ungulate (hoofed animal) and carnivore skulls and jaw bones. For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 88-95. Two photos. Ahenkro, 25 November, 1967.
Rights:: Copyright Undetermined
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17435
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Royal attire; Paramount Chief; Cloth
Subjects Facet:: Islam; Stools; Royal regalia; Chairs; Chiefs; Bells; Textiles; Ashanti
Identifier:: Negative 28A/29; Negative 29A/30
Creator:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Contributors:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Date searchable:: 1967
Date searchable:: 1967-11-25
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

117. Top view of two calabash drums, Boase, 2018

Description:: Calabash drums accompany songs sung by Nafana women during the celebration of puberty (Manaa Ndiom) and marriage (Bijam) rites. These drums are played exclusively by women. The drums are made by filling a large hollowed-out calabash or gourd (chrɛ in Nafaanra) with water. A smaller calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) floating upright in the water provides the surface on which the women drum. The small calabash ladles resting in the water are used to beat the up-turned floating calabash bowls and the rim of the large calabash. Visible at the bottom of the larger calabash drum are maize (bleju in Nafaanra) kernels tossed into the drum by passing dancers. Among the kernels are several pesewa coins also tossed in by dancers. Two views. Boase, 11 November, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17353 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17123 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17122
Location(s) Facet:: Boase
Subjects:: Bijam; Manaa Ndiom
Subjects Facet:: Gourd, Calabash; Puberty rites; Drums (musical instrument); Marriage customs and rites; Music; Rites and ceremonies
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-11-11
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Boase;8.018356, -2.298013
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.018356, -2.298013

118. Two men in masquerade attire, Bongase, 1967

Description:: Two Ligbi men from Bongase appear in masquerade regalia during a visit to Bongase by René A. Bravmann, then a doctoral student at Indiana University studying African art history. Front and side views. Mama Dri (left) and Mama Panyini (right) wear carved wooden "Mbong" (baboon in Ligbi) masks decorated with ochre and white paint, representing a male and female pair. Their heads and shoulders are draped in scarves. They stand in front of a house with a thatched roof and a raffia shade. Scholars refer to this masking tradition as "Do," while locally it is termed "Bedu." For additional details, see Bravmann, René A. (1974) "Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa" (Cambridge University Press), pp. 147-177, plates 77-79. A June 2019 performance of Mbong at a Banda Heritage Event can be viewed through a link below. Bongase, December, 1967.
Rights:: Copyright Undetermined
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17335 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17139 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17128 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
Location(s) Facet:: Bongase
Subjects:: Baboon; Bedu; Do
Subjects Facet:: Wood carvings; Textiles; Clothing; Regalia; Masquerades; Ligbi language; Masks
Identifier:: Negatives 4a/5 and 5a/6
Creator:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Contributors:: Dr. René A. Bravmann
Date searchable:: 1967
Date searchable:: 1967-12
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Bongase;8.238039, -2.276274
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-20
Commentary:: Negatives scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.238039, -2.276274

119. Two dancers in masquerade attire at the Banda Cultural Centre Commissioning, 1995

Description:: Two Ligbi men from Bongase appear in masquerade regalia prior to a "Do" or "Bedu" performance at the commissioning celebration of the Banda Cultural Centre in Ahenkro. Their carved wooden masks represent a male and female pair of baboons (Mbong in Ligbi). Their heads and shoulders are draped in scarves, they wear raffia skirts around their waist, and over top of socks covering their feet they wear metal jangles on a chain wrapped around their ankles. They are accompanied by a number of men from Bongase. Pictured L-R: Fariah Salah, Kwame Yirikro, Abau Yaya, Abuu Doctor (masked dancer), Adoma, Ansoma Sala (masked dancer), Dandu, Alhaji Moro Mahama. A performance of Mbong at a June 2019 Banda Heritage Event can be viewed through a link below. Ahenkro, 21 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17138 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17128 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17332; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19216
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Bedu; Do; Banda Cultural Centre; Baboon
Subjects Facet:: Textiles; Dance; Clothing; Masquerades; Masks; Ligbi language; Wood carvings
Identifier:: Negatives 14a and 15a
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07-21
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-20
Commentary:: Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

120. Front view of the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:: The Banda Cultural Centre provides space for community gatherings and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity." Commissioned in 1995, the main building was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, July 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17133 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17135 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17533
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Communal labor; Unit committees
Identifier:: Negatives 18 & 19
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-07
Genre Facet:: Black-and-white negative
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Date Digitized:: 2019-09-24
Commentary:: Black-and-white print scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

121. Outside wall of Kafͻnͻ Katoo, Ahenkro, 2018

Description:: Photo of the exterior wall of the Kafͻnͻ Katoo compound in Ahenkro. The wall now occupied by a lace-curtained window was formerly a solid wall on which the image of a bicycle was painted, said to be the first bicycle in Banda and photographed in 1986. Other areas of the exterior wall were previously decorated with inscribed and painted geometric designs, the outlines of which can still be seen in the closeup image of the wall included here. The entire building is roofed with metal. A ewe and her lamb pass by in front of the house. Ahenkro, 1 September, 2018.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17344 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17141
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Kafono Katoo
Subjects Facet:: Exterior walls; Villages; Housing; Metal roofing; Bicycles; Sheep
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2018
Date searchable:: 2018-09-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163454, -2.355734
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163454, -2.355734

122. 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 Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Banda;8.170771, -2.352672
Commentary:: Images extracted from drone video
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.170771, -2.352672

123. Large clay pit west of Bui Village, 1989

Description:: Two men (left) stand on the edge of a deep pit previously mined by potters from around Bui Village as a source of potting clay. The deep clay pit was used before the mid-20th century when potters were still practicing their craft east of the Banda hills. The clay pit was located along a stream which drained into the Black Volta on its south bank, on the road leading west from Bui Village. The pit was located in an area later flooded by the rising waters of Bui Lake after construction of the Bui Dam. A red-and-white 2 meter photo scale stands upright in the pit to show the pit's depth. West of Bui, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1989
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Clay mining; Pottery making
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: 8.288707, -2.279565
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.288707, -2.279565

124. Front view of the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:: Front view of the Banda Cultural Centre after repainting. The Centre provides space for community gatherings and guest rooms for Banda Research Project and other community visitors. The Centre's motto/logo is "Nyu nunu," (Nafaanra) or "Unity," symbolized by an Adinkra design showing two crocodiles who share the same stomach. Commissioned in 1995, the main building, pictured here, was constructed in 1994-95 through a combination of Banda Research Project funding and communal labor supplied by Ahenkro's four Unit Committees. The building is administered and maintained by the community. Ahenkro, 22 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17338 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17133 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17115
Date:: 2019-06-22
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Unit committees; Communal labor
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019-06-22
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

125. Storytellers performing at the Banda Heritage Celebration, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:: Storytelling is an entertaining way through which elders convey wisdom to younger people. Here three of Ahenkro's storytellers share stories at a Banda Heritage Event held at the Banda Cultural Centre. A film of the storytellers sharing tales can be accessed through the "iaff_works" link below. L-R, Idisa Yaya, Akosua Mattah, and Alhasa Watara. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/28cd31ae-dd64-47ac-9caf-5601ef741676
Date:: 2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Storytelling; Banda Heritage Initiative
Subjects Facet:: Heritage; Tales
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019-06-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Commentary:: Image extracted from digital video footage
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

126. Spindle wrapped with cotton thread, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:: A wooden spindle thickly wrapped with cotton thread rests in a large calabash bowl. The bowl sits on a wooden stool adjacent to the legs of blue plastic chairs on which elder women sit at a Banda Heritage Celebration held at the Banda Cultural Centre. One woman wears a strip-woven textile made with black, white, red and yellow threads. Bottom right is the basket in which she stores her spinning supplies. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Cotton thread
Subjects Facet:: West African strip weaving; Gourd, Calabash; Textiles; Spinning
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2019-06-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

127. Spindles and whorls resting on a strip-woven cloth, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:: Three spindles with painted spindle whorls made in Kokua in 1994 rest on a black-and-white strip-woven cloth worn by a woman attending the Banda Heritage Celebration held at the Banda Cultural Centre. In the past Banda area women used spindles and whorls like these to spin cotton thread. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2019-06-28
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:: West African strip weaving; Textiles; Spinning; Spindle whorls
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Date searchable:: 2019-06-28
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

128. Collapsed walls of a house, Sabiye, 1994

Description:: The earthen walls of a house on one side of a multi-room compound have collapsed, the walls filling in the area that was once the house floor. The thatched roofs of other rooms around the open courtyard can be seen in the background. Sabiye, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1994
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects Facet:: Housing; Building, Clay; Walls; Thatched roofs
Creator:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

129. Excavations at Mound 2, Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:: View of excavation units at Mound 2, Station 10, Makala Kataa. Wooden stakes mark grid points at 2 m intervals and string is used to mark the boundaries of 2 x 2 m excavation units. A deep pit in the corner of Unit 82W 14S (bottom, left) has been excavated and is set up for being photographed with a scale and photo board. Several Banda Research Project team members work as children look on. View to the south. Makala Kataa, July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 10, Mound 2
Date:: 1994-07
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994-07
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

130. Five Pesewa Coin, Ghana, 1965

Description:: A five pesewa Ghanaian coin dated 1965 with the image of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first head of state, depicted on the reverse side.
Rights:: Bank of Ghana, http://www.ghanacedi.gov.gh [Public domain]
Publisher:: <a title="Bank of Ghana, http://www.ghanacedi.gov.gh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5_pesewas_(1958).jpg"><img width="256" alt="5 pesewas (1958)" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/5_pesewas_%281958%29.jpg"></a>
Date:: 1958
Subjects:: Currency
Creator:: Bank of Ghana
Date searchable:: 1958
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5_pesewas_(1958).jpg
Commentary:: Public domain image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5_pesewas_(1958).jpg

131. Base of east profile wall 2W2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: The deeply stratified deposits of a midden mound are visible in the east wall of excavation unit 2W 2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa. Mound 101 is a large mound covering roughly 1200 m2 and rising roughly 3 m above the surrounding ground surface at its apex. Unit 2W 2S was excavated to a depth of ca. 330 cm below the mound surface to the point where laterite rock was encountered. It was excavated as a 2 x 2 m unit to level 15, narrowing to a 1 x 2 m from level 16, with a total estimated 8.7 m3 of soil removed from the unit. Upper levels were characterized by dark soils with many rootlets which transitioned to lighter brown soils. Gray ashy soils dominated the lower cultural levels of the mound. At base, orange-brown clayey soils appeared above the laterite substrate. Visible in the profile wall, to the left and slightly lower than a circular area of dark soil, is the interior of a pottery jar, the other half removed and reconstructed (KK 95-693; see link below). Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17551; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17628
Date:: 1995-07-06
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Profile; Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 7
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995-07-06
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

132. East profile wall of unit 2W2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: The deeply stratified deposits of a midden mound are visible in the east wall of excavation unit 2W 2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa. Mound 101 is a large mound covering roughly 1200 m2 and rising roughly 3 m above the surrounding ground surface at its apex. Unit 2W 2S was excavated to a depth of ca. 330 cm below the mound surface to the point where laterite rock was encountered. It was excavated as a 2 x 2 m unit to level 15, narrowing to a 1 x 2 m from level 16, with a total estimated 8.7 m3 of soil removed from the unit. Upper levels were characterized by dark soils with many rootlets which transitioned to lighter brown soils. Gray ashy soils dominated the lower cultural levels of the mound. At base, orange-brown clayey soils appeared above the laterite substrate. Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17552; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17605
Date:: 1995-07-06
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Profile; Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 4
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995-07-06
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

133. Excavations in progress, Mound 6, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:: Banda Research Project team members excavate units at Mound 6, Station 6, Makala Kataa. Alex Ababio (standing left, in hat) watches as Kwasi Peter digs with a short handled hoe, placing excavated dirt into headpans. Leith Smith (center) and Yaw Francis (right) look on. In the background (right) other team members screen soil. Wooden stakes mark 2 m interval grid points with excavation units marked off by string. A large baobab, one of several on the site, is visible in the background (right). Makala Kataa, June 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6
Date:: 1994-06
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 27
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994-06
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

134. Pottery jars in situ, unit 4E 0S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:: Two everted-rim jars partially exposed in level 8 of Unit 4E 0S, Mound 5 at Station 6. View looking east. Photo scale in 10 cm increments. Makala Kataa, 16 July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17558
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6, 4E 0S, Level 8
Date:: 1994-07-16
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery
Identifier:: 11
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Caesar Apentiik
Date searchable:: 1994-07-16
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

135. Excavating pottery jars at Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:: Banda Research Project archaeologists unearth two everted-rim jars in level 8 of Unit 4E0S at Station 6. L-R: Obour Bartholomew; Caesar Apentiik, ___. Makala Kataa, 16 July, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17559
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6, 4E 0S, Level 8
Date:: 1994-07-16
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery
Identifier:: 8
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994-07-16
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163438, -2.356776

136. Wall stubs at Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:: The standing wall stubs of a small structure are surrounded by trees at Makala Kataa. Its walls were built using an atakpame technique. The grass cover has been cleared by archaeologists in preparation for site mapping. Far right, Banda Research Project team members work on nearby Station 10 excavation units. According to oral histories, people moved from this area of Makala Kataa to establish a new village in a place immediately east of the old settlement. This move happened at a time when British colonial officials were implementing "village planning" schemes in the early decades of the 20th century. Makala Kataa, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 10
Date:: 1990
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Atakpame
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay
Identifier:: 36
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

137. Mound 1 Trench, Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:: A narrow excavation trench cuts across several low mounds at Makala Kataa, Station 10. A low wall stub is visible to the left of the trench in the foreground. Trees dot the site, and low piles of screened excavated soil from the trench are visible in the background. According to oral histories, people moved from this area of Makala Kataa early in the 20th century when British colonial officials implemented a "village planning" scheme. People built new houses east of the old settlement and in time the old houses collapsed and formed low mounds. Makala Kataa, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17561; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17563
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 10, Mound 1
Date:: 1990
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay
Creator:: Andrew Black
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

138. Screening soil, Makala Kataa, Station 6, 1989

Description:: Wooden grid pegs mark the edges of a 2 x 2 m excavation unit (foreground) as two Banda Research Project team members screen soil (right) at Station 6. Osei Kofi carries an empty head pan (left). After sieving the soil, the men carefully pick and bag artifacts (fragments of pottery, metals, beads, animal bone) left in the screen. Studying these artifacts and the contexts from which they were recovered (their provenience) helps archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of past people. Makala Kataa, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6
Date:: 1989
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Screening; Sieving
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

139. Base of Level 7, unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: Base of level 7, unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa. An area of burned soil (left), several flat grinding stones (center) and an everted rim jar are exposed at the base of the level. The unit wall shows the transition from dark soils close to the mound's surface and the lighter soils in its lower levels. Makala Kataa, 6 July, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17570
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, Unit 4W 4S, Level 7
Date:: 1989-07-06
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989-07-06
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

140. Profile mapping, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: Banda Research Project team members draw a profile map of walls in completed excavation units, Mound 5, Station 6. Enoch Mensah (kneeling) records measurements as Yaw Frimpong (standing) holds a tape measure. Makala Kataa, 1989. Wooden stakes marking 2 m grid intervals are visible across the mound surface. Makala Kataa, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5
Date:: 1989
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Profile mapping
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

141. Clearing vegetation from Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: Banda Research Project team members use cutlasses to clear the grass around Makala Kataa, 1989. Small trees cover much of the site surface. Baobab trees also grow on the site, one of which is visible in the background (right). Makala Kataa, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6
Date:: 1989
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

142. West wall, unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: West wall of excavation unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa. Rootlets can be seen in the dark soils of upper levels. Midway down the profile are concentrations of burned sediment, remains of pots and other artifacts. Some of these rest on compacted "floor" deposits--orange-brown in color. The rounded body of a large storage jar is visible in the south wall (left). Together these reflect a living surface that appears to have been left at short notice (in light of the number of intact pots and other things left behind). The upper levels formed on top of this living surface as rain and wind moved soil across the site. Below the "floor" level, the soils are lighter brown and yielded few artifacts. Makala Kataa, 12 July, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17569
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, 4W 4S
Date:: 1989-07-12
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989-07-12
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-06
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724, -2.382957

143. East wall, unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A burned basin-like feature is visible in profile in the east wall of excavation unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa. Clustered and adjacent to the burned area at the base of level 7 are three pottery pedestal bases, broken away from their original pots. The presence of slag and other burned features in adjacent units suggest that Mound 138 was a place where the site's occupants worked metals. A photo scale with 5 cm intervals points north. Kuulo Kataa, 14 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17575; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17576
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 130W 26S, East Wall
Date:: 1995-07-14
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology); Metalworking; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Andrew Black
Date searchable:: 1995-07-14
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

144. Traces of a structure, Mound 118, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A light-colored slurry plaster is visible in the base of level 8 in excavation unit 64W 4N, Mound 118, Kuulo Kataa. The plaster is associated with floors and walls of a collapsed structure. Dark circular areas which interrupt the slurry may represent post holes. A photo scale with 5 cm intervals points north. Kuulo Kataa, 14 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17573
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 64W 4N, Level 8
Date:: 1994-07-14
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Floors
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay; Plastering
Identifier:: 10
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: N. Leith Smith
Date searchable:: 1994-07-14
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

145. Screening excavated soil, Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa,2000

Description:: Two Banda Research Project team members screen excavated soil at Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa. The men work on the edge of a cleared area several meters away from excavation unit 55W 69N. Thick vegetation covers the mound behind them. A headpan of excavated soil sits in front, awaiting screening. After sieving the soil, the men carefully pick and bag artifacts (fragments of pottery, metals, beads, animal bone) left in the screen. Studying these artifacts and the contexts from which they were recovered (their provenience) helps archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of past people. Kuulo Kataa, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2000
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Screening; Sieving
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 37
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

146. Traces of a structure, Mound 118, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: Close-up photo of slurry plaster, level 8, excavation unit 64W 4N, Mound 118, Kuulo Kataa. The outer edge (upper left) of a wall/floor appears light in color against darker subsoil. A photo scale with 5 cm intervals points north. Kuulo Kataa, 15 July, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17572
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 64W 4N, Level 8
Date:: 1994-07-15
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay; Plastering
Identifier:: 17
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: N. Leith Smith
Date searchable:: 1994-07-15
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

147. Grinding stone, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A deeply worn grinding stone excavated from Level 5, Unit 130W 28S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa. Mound 138 is a low mound covering roughly 300 m2. Mound 138 deposits included slag and a burned feature (Unit 130W 30S) which was probably related to processing metals. These associations suggest that the grinding stone in unit 130W 28S may have been used in metalworking activities. Photo scale in 5 cm intervals. Kuulo Kataa, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 130W 30S, Level 5
Date:: 1995-07-12
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Artifacts (Antiquities); Grinding stone
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995-07-12
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

148. Base of level 21, unit 68E 4N, Mound 129, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Base of excavation level 21, unit 68E 4N, Mound 129 at Kuulo Kataa. Visible in the walls of the 1 x 2 m unit are its distinct soil layers. Dark upper levels contained many rootlets. These soils transition to a lighter brown zone below, which in turn shows a distinct boundary with ash-filled gray levels beneath. Three radiocarbon dates associated with the gray ashy levels fall in the calibrated age range from c. 1400 to 1530 CE. Equally distinct is the boundary below the ashy layers, where lighter brown soils of lower levels can be seen in plan view at the base of the unit. Several features are visible against these lighter-colored soils. Center photo is an irregularly shaped patch of laterite which archaeologists interpreted as a remnant floor. At upper and lower right, concentrations of charcoal stand out against surrounding light soil. Mound 129 covers roughly 750 m2 and rises roughly 2 meters above the surrounding ground surface. Its stratigraphy suggests a complex history of formation through both primary occupation (living surfaces) and refuse dumping (midden deposits). Kuulo Kataa, 17 June, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17580
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 129, Unit 68E 4N
Date:: 2000-06-17
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Stratigraphy; Floors
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 19
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: N. Leith Smith
Date searchable:: 2000-06-17
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

149. West wall, unit 55W 59N, Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: West wall of excavation unit 55W 69N in Mound 102 at Kuulo Kataa. Topmost levels are characterized by dark soil that fades to brown below the area where rootlets are visible. A distinct boundary separates these brown soils from the gray ashy levels below. Mound 102 is a large deep midden mound which covers approximately 1600 m2 and rises several meters above the surrounding ground surface. A single 1 x 2 m unit was excavated to the base of level 13, after which a 1 x 1 m unit was excavated to almost 4 m, removing roughly 5 m3 of soil. Three radiocarbon samples from lower levels of the mound (3-3.5 m below the ground surface; not visible in this photo) had calibrated age ranges of c. 1400-1530 CE. Kuulo Kataa, 8 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17582; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17579
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 102, Unit 55W 69N
Date:: 2000-07-08
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 18
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Alex Caton
Date searchable:: 2000-07-08
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

150. Profile mapping, unit 55N 59 W, Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Enoch Mensah stands on a ladder in unit 55W 69N, Mound 102 at Kuulo Kataa. A tape measure and a level line have been set up on the north wall of the unit in preparation for drawing a profile map. Mound 102 is a large deep midden mound which covers approximately 1600 m2 and rises several meters above the surrounding ground surface. A single 1 x 2 m unit was excavated to the base of level 13, after which a 1 x 1 m unit was excavated to almost 4 m, removing roughly 5 m3 of soil. Three radiocarbon samples from lower levels of the mound (3-3.5 m below the ground surface) had calibrated age ranges of c. 1400-1530 CE. Kuulo Kataa, 2000. Kuulo Kataa, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17579;https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17583
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 102, Unit 55W 69N
Date:: 2000-07-08
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Profile mapping; Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Identifier:: 30
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000-07-08
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

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