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- Description:
- Unlike atakpame (coursed earth technique of building), wattle-and-daub structures can be built quickly. The structure has a frame of horizontal and vertical poles, into which molded earthen balls are pressed to create walls. Whereas atakpame must be allowed to dry thoroughly before the next course is added, the "wattle" framing allows the "daub" to be placed and the walls completed without waiting for lower levels to dry. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Atakpame
- Subjects Facet:
- Thatched roofs; Wattle and daub; Building, Clay; Housing
- Identifier:
- 8
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
- Description:
- Houses along the main street of Wewa. Doorways lead to interior courtyards of these compounds. Walls are made primarily using an atakpame (coursed earth) technique, though the pillared verandah wall (far right) was made with sun-dried bricks. Part of the roof of the near compound has recently been re-thatched. The streets and houses are kept clear of grass and other plants. Wewa, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Wewa
- Subjects:
- Atakpame
- Subjects Facet:
- Dwellings--Maintenance and repair; Thatched roofs; Building, Clay; Atakpame; Streets; Bricks; Housing; Courtyard houses
- Identifier:
- 12
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Wewa;8.075993, -2.398928
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.075993, -2.398928
- Description:
- The walls of an atakpame (coursed-earth) structure drying before the next course of earthen building material is added. Behind, to the left, a block constructed building in progress and houses with metal roofs. Dompofie, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17172 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16763
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Techniques; Atakpame
- Subjects Facet:
- Villages; Bricks; Housing; Building, Clay; Metal roofing
- Identifier:
- 32
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.148574, -2.367172
- Description:
- A skilled builder (Akwasi Nyua Tonyaa) places atakpame balls on the previously laid and dried course of earthen wall. He carefully molds the moist earthen ball to the dry course to ensure a strong wall. Dompofie, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16762 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17172
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Techniques; Atakpame
- Subjects Facet:
- Building, Clay; Housing
- Identifier:
- 33
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.148574, -2.367172
- Description:
- Hunters (bͻfͻ; pl. bͻfͻͻlͻ in Nafaanra) with firearms, Fawoman, August, 1982. In times past, "bush" meat was important to local life. Archaeological evidence shows that people relied on a wide range of wild animals--from grasscutters to large carnivores--as sources of meat and valued materials like skins. From 1971 hunting was banned within the newly established Bui National Park (a Wildlife Protected Area covering more than 1800 km2). From 1989, Ghana's Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Regulations (L. I. 1452) banned unlicensed hunting outside of park lands. Oral histories describe hunters as individuals whose knowledge of the land was important to communities as they sought to establish settlements in new areas. Fawoman, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Fawoman
- Subjects:
- Bush meat
- Subjects Facet:
- Firearms; Hunters
- Identifier:
- 19
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Fawoman;8.120434, -2.240526
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.120434, -2.240526
- Description:
- Family members work together at farm to process calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) grown as both a cash crop and a source of household objects and its seeds as a soup ingredient. The men use large knives to split the calabash, after which they will remove its pulpy center and scrape its interior walls. Pictured here are (left to right) Maa Afia (girl), Ama Bosin (woman), O. K. Kwabena Krah, Nduo Wulo Kwadwo and Joshua Tandor. Farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farm work; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 15
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- Joshua Tandor uses a metal blade and a mallet to split a calabash (chrԑ in Nafaanra) in half. The pulp and seeds are removed and the calabash walls scraped clean before being set aside to dry. The resulting calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ) are sold at market while the seeds are a prized soup ingredient (fnumu). Farmstead on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Cutting tools; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 18
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- A spindle (gԑndԑ in Nafaanra) and a spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) used to make cotton thread. A black camera lens cap shows scale. For much of the 20th century, spinning was a routine activity for women. Some of the spun cotton thread was dyed blue. The blue thread was woven together with white thread to make durable strip-woven cloths that were highly valued. The rounded spindle whorl is made from fired clay and painted with white and red designs. The spindle whorl's decoration inspired the Nafaanra proverb: "Chlͻ were nyu na gԑndԑ yi" (The woman is as beautiful as the spindle whorl." Archaeologists have found spindle whorls on Banda-area archaeological sites dating to the late 18th and early 19th century. Before that time it seems that spinning cotton was not a routine household activity and that cloth was made in market centers. The spindle whorl is laying on a courtyard floor, with an eroding plaster layer visible in the background. Gbao, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16831 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17202
- Location(s) Facet:
- Gbao
- Subjects:
- Cotton thread
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Spindle whorls; West African strip weaving; Spinning
- Identifier:
- 28
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.147021, -2.362744
- Description:
- A potter uses a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) to smooth the surface of clay jar body that she is molding by a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. Beginning with a lump of moist clay, she has drawn the clay upward and outward, thinning the walls as she works. Here she moves clockwise around the stump that holds the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which the jar is being formed as she draws the maize cob up, pulling it towards her body. 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/17-16854 ; 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/17-16855 ; 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; Maize cob; Potting tools; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 2
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A standing potter molds the body of a clay jar using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. Here she uses a flat metal spatula to smooth the now-formed jar's exterior surface. She places the edge of her tool at the neck and makes downward strokes to create a smooth surface on the moist clay. As she works, she moves around the stump that supports the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which the jar is being formed. 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/17-16855 ; 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; Potting tools; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 6
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A potter uses a metal spatula as she forms the neck area of clay jar which she has shaped using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. The striations on the body of the jar were created by a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) which she used to shape and smooth the pot's wall. These will be smoothed away as she continues to form the pot. She moves around the stump on which the pot rests as she works. 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/17-16848 ; 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/17-16855 ; 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; Maize cob; Potting tools; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 5
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A standing potter molds the body of a clay jar using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. As she began she drew the moist clay upward and outward from the lump with which she started. Here she shapes the jar's neck and outward flaring rim. Before doing so, she has smoothed away finger marks created as she formed the jar's body. As she works, she moves around the stump that supports the palette on which the jar is being formed. 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/17-16856 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16855 ; 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:
- 3
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A potter has completed the draw-and-drag (direct pull) molding of a clay jar body and rim. The surface of the jar has been moistened and smoothed. It will be set aside to dry. Once it has dried to a leather-hard state, she will remove the partially finished jar from the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which she formed it and will add a rounded base using fresh, moist clay. 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/17-16855 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16851 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16849
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Forming; Women's work; Potting; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 9
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A standing potter puts the finishing touches on the rim of a clay jar that she has molded using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. She has finished the body, neck and rim of the jar and will now set it aside to dry. After it has dried to a leather-hard state, she will remove the jar from the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which it has been formed and she will add a rounded base. 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/17-16855 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16851 ; 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:
- 7
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A potter uses a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique as she begins to mold the body and rim of a pottery jar from a lump of moist clay. The clay rests on a palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) supported by a stump. She moves clockwise around the stump as she uses her hands to pull the clay upward and outward to form the walls of the pot. 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/17-16855 ; 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:
- Slide number 38
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- View of the Banda hills from the Boase road, close to the base of the Boase range of hills, looking northwest. Visible (center) is the gap in the hills midway between Ahenkro and Bongase. To the right (north) is the notch in the mountain in an area known as Chuli. The hills to the far right are those associated with the Bui Dam site. Boase area, 11 October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Chuli; Savanna Woodland; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Bui Dam (Ghana); Landscapes; Mountains
- Identifier:
- 2
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-10-11
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.032638, -2.306567
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.032638, -2.306567
- Description:
- Canoes belonging to Ewe fishing communities rest on the south bank of the Black Volta River near the Bui Dam site. Prior to the construction of Bui Dam, these canoes were used to ferry passengers between the north and south banks of the river and for fishing. Opposite, riparian woodland lines the river's north bank. Dam Site settlement, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dam Site
- Subjects:
- Dam Site
- Subjects Facet:
- Bui Dam (Ghana); Canoes; Riparian forests; Black Volta River; Ewe (African people)
- Identifier:
- 0
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Dam Site;8.274556, -2.234556
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.274556, -2.234556
- Description:
- View from the mountain ridge above Ahenkro, looking west toward Côte d'Ivoire across Bui National Park, a wildlife protected area since 1971. Hills west of Ahenkro, 31 August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Bui National Park; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Mountains; Wildlife refuges
- Identifier:
- 15
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08-31
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.170485, -2.376409
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.170485, -2.376409
- Description:
- View toward Côte d'Ivoire from the mountain ridge above Ahenkro, looking west across Bui National Park, a wildlife protected area since 1971. Hills west of Ahenkro, 31 August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Bui National Park; Savanna woodland; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Mountains; Wildlife refuges
- Identifier:
- 16
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08-31
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.170485, -2.376409
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.170485, -2.376409
- Description:
- View to the southeast from the Banda hills above Ahenkro. In the foreground is the first range of the Banda hills near Ahenkro. In the distance (center) is the range of hills near Boase. Hills west of Ahenkro, 31 August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Savanna woodland; Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Landscapes; Mountains
- Identifier:
- 11
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08-31
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.170485, -2.376409
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.170485, -2.376409
- Description:
- Until the late 1980s when boreholes were drilled in many villages, people in the Banda area relied on nearby springs, streams and rivers for daily water supplies. During the dry season, streams often dried up, while in drought years, even river beds became dry. Finding water was particularly difficult during the severe drought years of 1982-83. Here women from Wewa painstakingly collect water from a dry river bed west of the mountains in a process known as 'lawala' in Nafaanra. They scoop water with calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra). They have walked several kilometers to reach this place and were often faced with long waits before they could fill a headpan with water. Two photos. West of Wewa, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16795
- Location(s) Facet:
- Wewa
- Subjects:
- Headpans; Children's work; Women's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Gourd, Calabash; Water; Lifting and carrying
- Identifier:
- 10; 11
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- ;35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Wewa;8.082285, -2.414087
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.082285, -2.414087
- Description:
- A woman and two men in Wewa thresh dried cowpea pods in an open area in front of houses. Men relax under a nearby mango tree in the background. Cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata; chibi in Nafaanra)--also known as black-eyed peas--are a valued legume with a long history in West Africa. They are grown inter-cropped in fields with other foodstuffs where they aid soil fertility by fixing nitrogen. Early West African farmers domesticated cowpeas, and they are found at some of the earliest archaeological sites excavated in the Banda area. They are a valued and nutritious staple used in making stews and soups. Two photos. Wewa, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Wewa
- Subjects:
- Vigna unguiculata; Women's work; Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Cowpea; Food processing; Threshing
- Identifier:
- 11; 12
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- ;35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Wewa;8.075993, -2.398928
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.075993, -2.398928
- Description:
- Potters and their helpers place hot clay jars, just removed from the bonfire, into a solution made from pounded tree bark. They use their long wooden poles to carry the pots to large pottery bowls containing the bark solution. They dip and turn the pot in the solution, allowing it to carbonize on the surface of the hot jar. This finishing step colors the jar's surface and makes its walls less porous which is said to improve its cooking performance. The remains of the bonfire, banked by previously fired broken pots, can be seen in the rear center. Four photos. Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16840
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Potting; Finishing; Women's work; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Firing (Ceramics); Pottery; Handicraft; Pottery making
- Identifier:
- 24
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A young boy stands at the base of the clay pit where potters from Bondakile mine the clay they use for making pottery. Soils from upper and lower levels are mixed together to make a workable potting clay. Children help relatives who are potters to dig and process the clay. Two photos. Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16834
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Potting; Children's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Pottery making; Clay mining; Handicraft
- Identifier:
- 15; 14
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- An elder dances to the rhythms of "fontomfrum" and "atumpan" (in Twi) drums at a funeral celebration held the day after an elderly woman died. The funeral is celebrated beneath the shade of the large kapok tree on the south side of Ahenkro at the market site. Two photos. Ahenkro, 15 October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Drumming; Marketplace; Fontomfrum drums; Atumpan drums
- Subjects Facet:
- Drums (musical instrument); Funeral customs and rites; Dance; Music; Rites and ceremonies
- Identifier:
- 26; 27
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-10-15
- Genre:
- ;35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163438, -2.356776
- Description:
- This short Banda Heritage video made from still photographic images illustrates the potting techniques of Banda-area potters. It highlights the steps in their draw-and-drag forming method and the tools they use. Among the Nafana potters pictured in the video are Yaa Tenabrɛ, Adwoa Fodjoa, Peni Krah and Ama Donkor from Dorbour. Also pictured is a potter from Adadiem (1994) and an image from Bondakile (1982). Original images used to make the video are available in the Banda Heritage Repository. Dorbour, Adadiem, 1994. Bondakile 1982. Length: 5.05 minutes.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17151 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17352 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17351
- Location(s) Facet:
- Adadiem
- Subjects:
- Potting; Grinding stone; Women's work; Potting tools; Maize cob
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Enameled ware
- Creator:
- Elisa O'Malley
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Dr. M. Dores Cruz; Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Language:
- English
- Date searchable:
- 1994;1982
- Date searchable:
- 2019-04-18
- Genre:
- Digital video
- Genre Facet:
- Digital video
- Format:
- Video
- Location(s):
- Adadiem;8.082874, -2.552821
- Commentary:
- Video made from still images in Adobe Premier by Elisa O'Malley
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.082874, -2.552821
- Description:
- Oral history of Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo (house), Gbao. This was the first family history recorded as part of the Banda Research Project. The history describes how the Gbԑԑnlԑԑ family came to live in the Banda area, relating also the history of the Brafour segment of the family who live in Ahenkro (Kafͻnͻ/Kafono Katoo). It relays how the Jakari Fetish was brought to the area. Former male and female heads of family are listed. To cite: Stahl, Ann, and James Anane. 2011. Gbɛɛnlɛɛ Katoo, Gbau [Gbao]. In, "Family Histories from the Banda Traditional Area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana, 1986," pp. 11-13. Brochure circulated 1989, reissued with photos and additional histories in 2011. 4 pages.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16692 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16674 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16691 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17484
- Location(s) Facet:
- Gbao
- Subjects:
- Kakala; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ [Gbeenlee] Katoo; Senyon Kupo; Family history; Fetish; Migration; Kafono Katoo; Brafour
- Subjects Facet:
- Gonja (African people); Shrines; Rites and ceremonies; Gold; Wars; Oral history; Ashanti; Witch hunting; Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana); Nafana (African people)
- Creator:
- Stahl, Ann B. ; Anane, James
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl; Asԑmpasah, Kofi ; Gbutue, Donkor; Kwame, Pԑh
- Date searchable:
- 1982;1986
- Date searchable:
- 1982-11-16
- Genre:
- Text
- Genre Facet:
- Text
- Format:
- Text
- Language Facet:
- English
- Location(s):
- Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
- Date Digitized:
- 2016-08-21
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.147021, -2.362744
- Description:
- Controlled fires burn in the hills behind Banda-Ahenkro, part of the Bui National Park. The remains of a small grass fire are visible in the foreground. The thatched stalls of the weekly marketplace are visible beneath the majestic kapok tree that once stood at the south edge of town. To the left, near the smaller tree, is the reddish iron roof of the first town clinic, home to a nurse stationed by the goverment in town. Ahenkro experienced several major fires in the 20th century, prompting people to opt for metal roofs when they could afford them. Ahenkro, December, 1982
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16730 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17799 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16751
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Clinic; Bui National Park; Stalls
- Subjects Facet:
- Building; Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Landscapes; Metal roofing; Fires; Mountains; Markets
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163438, -2.356776
- Description:
- Villages of Ewe families who made their livelihood through fishing lined the banks of the Black Volta River on its northern and southern shores during the 20th century. Viewed here from the south bank, looking northward from Agbegikrom South, is the fishing village of Agbegikrom North. Because their homes were located a short distance downstream from the site of Bui Dam, villagers in both settlements were relocated beginning in 2008 as construction on the dam began. Agbegikrom North, 7 October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Agbegikrom North
- Subjects:
- Relocation
- Subjects Facet:
- Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Fishing villages; Ewe (African people); Housing
- Identifier:
- 6
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-10-07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Agbegikrom North;8.232275, -2.205676
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.232275, -2.205676
- Description:
- Controlled fire has long been used as a way to improve forage for animals, aid hunting, and amend soil nutrients. Here a controlled burn within Bui National Park is visible on the mountainside west of Ahenkro. The town's thatch-roofed market stands are visible (right) as are branches of the majestic kapok tree that once shaded the market on the south edge of town. Thatched roofs could easily catch fire and Ahenkro suffered major fires several times during the 20th century. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Bui National Park
- Subjects Facet:
- Controlled burns; Thatched roofs; Villages; Markets
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.162890, -2.356993
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.162890, -2.356993
- Description:
- The road from Menji to the Black Volta River passes through the center of Banda-Ahenkro, pictured here in 1982, view to the north. Earthen-walled buildings line the main street. Houses on the right-hand side have thatched roofs while those on the left have metal roofs. People walk in the center of the street as they move about town. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16757
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Main street
- Subjects Facet:
- Thatched roofs; Roads; Metal roofing; Building, Clay; Villages
- Identifier:
- 14
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163211, -2.356557
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163211, -2.356557
- Description:
- Calabash (gourd) seeds (fnumu in Nafaanra) are a prized ingredient used to prepare a much-valued soup (fnumu chiin; calabash seed soup). The pulp is set aside to decay, making it easier to remove the seeds, which are then cleaned, dried, and cracked by hand to remove the seed coat. Here women on Nduo Wulo Kwadwo's farm outside Banda-Ahenkro prepare to carry seeds home for processing. Outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Women's work; Fnumu chiin; Soup
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Food processing; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash
- Identifier:
- 20
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- Nduo Wulo Kwadwo at farm, preparing calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) for market. After removing the pulp and seeds, he scrapes the gourd's interior surface with a metal blade to clean and thin its walls before drying. Farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 16
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- Young men prepare calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) ladles for market. The calabash is split, its pulpy interior removed, and the gourd's interior surface scraped clean before drying. Banda, July, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Men's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 15
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- Cleaned calabash (gourd) bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) drying at Nduo Wulo Kwadwo's farm on the outskirts of Banda-Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Farm shelter
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Agriculture; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops
- Identifier:
- 23
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Description:
- The New Yam Festival (Finjie Lie in Nafaanra) marks the day when people can begin to eat the new crop of yams (finyjie in Nafaanra). Here women gather round a wooden mortar to pound cooked yam tubers to make fufu. Women pound with heavy, round-ended pestles. Working together, they use their pestles to pound and turn the fufu. Pestles hit the mortar's edge as they pound, creating a rhythmic accompaniment to their work. The musical sound of women and their helpers pounding fufu or grain was an integral part of the soundscape of village life in the earlier times. To the rear (right) calabashes (gourds, chrԑ in Nafaanra) wrapped in netting are ready to be sent to market. To the front sits a pottery grinding bowl (left), a calabash (center) and metal cooking pots (right). Ahenkro, 30 August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17147 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17149
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Techniques; New Yam Festival; Fufu; Finyjie Lie (Festival); Women's work; Pounding; Metal pots
- Subjects Facet:
- Yams; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Gourd, Calabash; Markets; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 4
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08-30
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
- Description:
- Yaa Yable Wo carries firewood on her return from farm. Until recent years, meals were most often prepared over hearths fueled by firewood. Women and children collected downed tree limbs and other dry wood from farmlands surrounding the villages. Wood was headloaded back home and stacked on platforms raised above the ground to be stored until needed. Cooking over charcoal in fabricated metal coalpots became more common in the late 20th-early 21st century as charcoal burners moved into the Banda area and charcoal production increased. Recently, gas cookers have begun to be used by people able to afford industrial cookers and the bottled gas need to fuel them. Ahenkro, December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Headloading; Women's work
- Subjects Facet:
- Hearths; Cooking; Lifting and carrying; Firewood
- Identifier:
- 15
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164591, -2.355672
- Description:
- The New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) is a day of celebration for everyone, including children. Here children gather under the shade of a large tree around play hearths made with stones and clay where they are preparing for their own celebration. The thatched roofs of nearby houses appear in the background. 30 August, 1982, Ahenkro.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Children; New Yam Festival; Finyjie Lie (Festival)
- Subjects Facet:
- Thatched roofs; Play
- Identifier:
- 5
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08-30
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.164906, -2.355708
- Description:
- View to the south on the road from Bongase to Ahenkro, with the Banda hills as a backdrop to fallow farmland on the right. Banda, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16817
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Roads; Mountains; Agricultural lands; Landscapes
- Identifier:
- 27
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Banda;8.215828, -2.317950
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.215828, -2.317950
- Description:
- People head to farm on the road leading northward from Ahenkro, August, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16811 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16813
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Vegetation
- Subjects Facet:
- Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
- Identifier:
- 35
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.170145, -2.352663
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.170145, -2.352663
- Description:
- A woman carries a load of calabashes (chrԑ in Nafaanra) en route to Kabruno from Ahenkro during the dry season. View looking south from the south edge of Ahenkro on the old road that led directly into Kabruno. December, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16822 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16806
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kabruno
- Subjects:
- Headloading; Dry season
- Subjects Facet:
- Lagenaria siceraria; Roads; Gourd, Calabash; Cash crops; Lifting and carrying
- Identifier:
- 1
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-12
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Kabruno;8.162890, -2.356993
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.162890, -2.356993
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A plastic bowl holds pieces of animal bone that have been burned at a high temperature (calcined). Calcined bone turns white and its texture becomes chalky. Women periodically rub this bone chalk on their fingers to aid handling of the cotton as they spin to make cotton thread from raw fiber. Also in the bowl is a round clay spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) painted with white lines and a daub of white-and black cloth. Gbao, September, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17202 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16830
- Location(s) Facet:
- Gbao
- Subjects:
- Burned bone; Plastic container
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Spindle whorls; Spinning
- Identifier:
- 29
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1982
- Date searchable:
- 1982-09
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.147021, -2.362744
- Description:
- Unfinished clay grinding bowls dry on the palettes (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which they were formed. After they have dried to a leather-hard state, the potter will remove them from their palettes and score their interiors. The scoring creates a grinding surface used to process vegetables which are added to soups. These bowls may also serve as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Immediately behind the drying bowls is a hearth, swept clean of ashes. Pottery jars can be seen drying in background, right. A chicken forages nearby. Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Grinding bowls; Potting; Drying
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Hearths; Pottery; Chickens
- Identifier:
- 11
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- A toddler girl wearing a protective strand of beads sits beside finished clay grinding bowls that have been set aside to continue drying before firing. The scoring on the interior of the bowl provides a rough surface against which cooked vegetables can be ground into a paste before being added to a soup. These bowls may also serve as men's eating bowls (pԑԑ in Nafaanra). Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Grinding bowls; Potting; Drying
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Beads
- Identifier:
- 12
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- These partially formed clay jars (chͻ in Nafaanra) are drying, resting on the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which they were formed. Once dried to a leather-hard state, the potter removes them from the plate and, using fresh moist clay, adds a rounded base to the jar. To the left, a metal cooking vessel rests nearby. Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Metal pots; Potting; Drying; Jars
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
- Identifier:
- 10
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
- Description:
- Surface next to the deep clay pit where potters form Bondakile mine the clay they use for making pottery. Piles of excavated clay surround the pit. Bondakile, October, 1982.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17214
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bondakile
- Subjects:
- Potting
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Pottery making; Clay mining
- Identifier:
- 18
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331