1. Fired and finished clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

A group of four clay jars cool after being removed from the bonfire and dipped in bark solution. The solution carbonizes as it comes in contact with the hot surface of the pot, creating a glossy darkened surface that reduces the jar's porosity. A portion of one jar's rim has broken off during the firing and finishing process. Visible on the lower pot surfaces is the maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) roulette applied to create a roughened surface prior to firing. Shallow grooves used to decorate the upper surfaces are visible on the jar in the foreground. Pieces of bark from the bark solution adhere to the jars' surfaces. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Maize cob roulette; Decoration

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

25

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

2. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

Finished and dried clay pottery jars are carefully placed on top of firewood in preparation for firing. Previously fired broken or flawed pots are used to bank the fuel, keeping it in place. Additional fuel will be placed on top of the stacked pottery and the fuel set on fire. The resulting bonfire will be allowed to burn down, after which the pots will be removed and finished while hot by being dipped in a bark solution. Mensah Listowell, Research Assistant (blue shirt), stands by as the potters prepare to place more fuel on the stacked pottery. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Women's work; Potting; Bonfire; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood

Identifier:

36

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

3. Removing clay pots from the firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

A potter uses a pole to carry a hot clay jar from the smoldering bonfire (behind). She is carrying it to a pottery bowl that contains a solution of pounded bark into which she will dip the jar to create a finish. Newly fired pots are visible in the remains of the bonfire, lying on their sides. A row of upturned, previously fired but broken pots forms a bank around the bonfire's edge. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Women's work; Potting; Bonfire

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

22

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

4. Bark solution used to finish clay pots, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

Potters place the pounded bark of specific trees (surom, layene, koko or lakroas they are known in Nafaanra) in water to create a solution used to finish pots. The red-colored solution carbonizes on the surface of hot pots just removed from the bonfire. Here, the prepared solution awaits as the pots are being fired. A plastic container floats on the surface. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17219

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Plastic containers; Finishing; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

20

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

5. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

A potter tends the bonfire in which clay pottery jars are being fired. She uses a long pole to adjust the grass fuel laid on top of the pots and the wood fuel beneath them. A bank of previously fired and broken pots holds the fire in place. The bonfire burns rapidly, the firing process lasting between about 30 minutes to an hour. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Women's work; Potting; Bonfire

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

19

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

6. Remains of a pottery-firing bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

The remains of a pottery-firing bonfire after the newly fired pots have been removed. Most of the jars visible here were fired prior to this bonfire. Broken or otherwise flawed, they were used to create a bank around the bonfire at its base. The bonfire's fuel has been reduced to an ash layer that remains in the center. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Bonfire; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

29

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

7. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

Sheep feed on the edges of a bonfire where clay jars are being fired. Grass has been laid as fuel over the carefully stacked pottery. Wood fuel lies beneath. At the bonfire's base, the broken pots used to bank the fire are visible. The fire will be allowed to burn down, after which the jars will be removed and, while still hot, dipped in a bark solution that coats the pot with a finish. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Bonfire

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Sheep; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

13

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

8. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

Dried clay jars are carefully placed on top of firewood in preparation for firing. Their surfaces have been textured by rolling a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) over the jars' lower surface (maize cob roulette) and decorated with shallow arched grooves made when the pot was in a leather-hard state. Additional fuel will be placed on top of the stacked pottery before the fire is lit. After the fire has burned down the pots will be removed and finished by being dipped while hot in a bark solution. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Bonfire; Maize cob roulette; Decoration

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood

Identifier:

37

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

9. Removing clay pots from a bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

As the bonfire burns down, a helper uses a long pole to prepare the newly fired clay pots for removal. The neatly stacked pots lie on their sides. Around the edges, a bank of previously fired and broken pots, some turned upside-down, were used to hold the fuel and pots in place as the bonfire was built. The bonfire burns rapidly, the firing process lasting between about 30 minutes to an hour. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Bonfire; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)

Identifier:

26

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

10. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

With moistened hands, a standing potter smooths the rim of a partially finished clay jar. As she works, she moves clockwise around the wooden stump that supports the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which the pot is being molded. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16847 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16853 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16854 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16848 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16850 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16856 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16851 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16849 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16852

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Forming; Women's work; Potting; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery

Identifier:

8

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-10

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331

Date Digitized:

2016

People Facet:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331