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