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1. Clay grinding bowl/men's eating bowl, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:
Large, shallow blackened clay bowls with interior striations are used in cooking and for eating. Cooks use them together with a small double-sided wooden pestle to grind pepper and cooked vegetables like "garden eggs" (small eggplants) for soups. They are also used as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Bowls with striated interiors are occasionally found on archaeological sites in the Banda area, but this particular blackened form was not common until the 20th century when it was introduced from areas to the south. Potters in the region began to produce the bowls for sale both locally and at regional markets. During the 1980s and 1990s, this became one of the most popular pots made for market sale. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Grinding bowls; Marketing ; Bowls; Eating bowls
Subjects Facet:
Food preparation; Foodways; Markets; Pottery
Identifier:
0
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163438, -2.356776

2. Clay cooking pots, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:
The clay pottery jars (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) used to prepare food vary in size. Round-based jars like these are used to boil yams and other starchy foods. They are supported by hearth stones as they sit on the fire. Their lower surface is often textured or surface-treated with maize cob roulette (visible on the largest pot on the right) which may make them easier to handle when full of liquid and food. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Cooking pots (sro cho); Maize cob roulette; Decoration; Jars
Subjects Facet:
Food preparation; Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:
0
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163438, -2.356776

3. Clay jars used to prepare soup, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:
In the foreground are two clay pots used to prepare soup. A soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra) has sharp-angled (carinated) shoulders and an everted rim. They are simply decorated with grooved lines above the shoulder, but otherwise plain. The larger one on the right has been blackened, a treatment that is not commonly seen on archaeological pottery from Banda sites. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Decoration
Subjects Facet:
Food preparation; Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:
0
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163438, -2.356776

4. Women's clay eating bowls, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:
Small clay bowls (kpokpoo in Nafaanra) used by women for eating. The bowl on the left has been blackened. Blackened pottery is a fashion that became more common in the 20th century. Similar clay bowls from the 19th century and earlier found on archaeological sites are more similar in color to the bowl on the right. In earlier times, these bowls often had a pedestaled base, creating a flat rather than rounded surface on which they sat. Ahenkro, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Eating bowls (kpokpoo); Bowls
Subjects Facet:
Foodways; Pottery
Identifier:
0
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.163438, -2.356776

5. Forming a ball of fuura using a calabash, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
A woman uses a calabash bowl ( chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra) to form a ball of fuura. The food is made from fermented pearl millet, which is ground and mixed together with ground spices and water. The mixture is formed into balls which are boiled. Here some of the boiled, pounded dough is being shaped into a ball, which will be rolled in ground millet before serving. This dish was prepared and served at the Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 30 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19483; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19486; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19485; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19482
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Gourd, calabash; Pearl millet; Foodways; Food preparation; Food processing; Lagenaria siceraria
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-30
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363

6. A ball of fuura partially covered in millet flour, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
A partially covered ball of fuura rests in a bowl of millet flour. The food is made from fermented pearl millet, which is ground and mixed together with ground spices and water. The mixture is formed into balls which are boiled. The cooked, pounded dough has been shaped into a ball and is being rolled in ground millet before serving. This dish was prepared and served at the Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 30 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19483; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19484; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19486; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19482
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:
Pearl millet; Foodways; Food preparation; Food processing
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-30
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363

7. Kotro papa, a pearl millet-based food, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
Close up of finished koto papa, a dumpling made from pearl millet. The food is made by grinding pearl millet on a grinding stone, adding a sprinkle of water and shaping the moistened pounded millet into a ball. The balls are boiled. After cooking, the balls are broken open and served with a stew made from shea oil, onion leaves (gabu) and pepper. This dish, which was often eaten in the morning, was prepared and served at the Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 30 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects Facet:
Pearl millet; Foodways; Food preparation
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-30
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363

8. Mixing wehan, a cassava-based dish, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
A woman uses her hand to mix water into a flour made from ground dawadawa (Parkia biglobosa) beans and cassava flour held in a calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra). The moistened mixture will be steamed in a pot to make wehan. The cooked cake is eaten with a sauce made from shea oil, pepper, garden eggs and salt. This dish was prepared and served at the Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 31 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Dawadawa; Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Cassava; Gourd, calabash; Parkia biglobosa; Foodways; Food preparation; Food processing
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-31
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363

9. Women making fuura balls, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
Women work together to shape (foreground) and coat (center) fuura balls in preparation for an Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. The cooked and pounded dough rests in an aluminum headpan, from which women take handfuls of dough that they will form into balls using a calabash bowl (chrɛgbɔɔ in Nafaanra). A smaller pan holds millet flour in which the finished balls are rolled before serving. Ahenkro, 30 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19483;https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19484; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19485; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19482
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Headpans; Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Pearl millet; Foodways; Food preparation; Food processing
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-30
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363

10. Cooked fuura dough, ready for forming, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:
A woman pulls fuura dough from a pounded mass that rests in an aluminum headpan. The food is made from fermented pearl millet, which is ground and mixed together with ground spices and water. The mixture is formed into balls, which are boiled. Here the boiled balls have been pounded into a dough in preparation for forming the balls. They will be rolled in ground millet before serving. This dish was prepared and served at the Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship from Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 30 July, 2014.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19484; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19486; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19485; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19482
Location(s) Facet:
Ahenkro
Subjects:
Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Pearl millet; Foodways; Food preparation
Creator:
Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:
2014
Date searchable:
2014-07-30
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Location(s):
Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.165892, -2.354363