51. Everted-rim pottery jar, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

Photo of an everted-rim pottery jar (Vessel B) excavated from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, levels 6-7, where the jar was positioned upright. A broken pedestal base (Vessel A, originally part of another vessel) sat atop the jar. The jar has a carinated shoulder and a rounded base. Above the carination, the jar's exterior surface is decorated with four horizontal grooved lines, between which are lines of dentate impression. Immediately above the carination in three locations around the vessel's circumference are triangular clusters formed by three circulate punctates joined by short grooved lines enclosing dentate impressions. In a zone marked by two parallel grooved lines, the jar's base is surface treated with carved routlette impressions. Rim diameter 20.8 cm at interior lip. Vessel height (base to rim) 15.8 cm. Photo scale in cm. Kuulo Kataa, 9 June, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, Levels 5-7

Date:

1995-06-09

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects:

Jar; Dentate impression; Punctate; Grooving; Carved roulette

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

KK 95-143, Vessel B

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-06-09

Genre Facet:

black-and-white negative

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Date Digitized:

2016

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222

52. Cashew tree on a Banda area farm, 1995

Description:

A cashew tree (Anacardium sp.) grows in an agricultural field planted (foreground) with calabash (Lagenaria siceraria). Sampson Attah stands near the tree. Calabash has long been grown as a cash crop for local and regional sale in the Banda area. When cashew trees were first planted in the area from the mid-1990s, they were grown singly or in small numbers. A growing shift to cashew farming in the area during the early 2000s was accompanied by the planting of large stands of cashew trees referred to locally as "plantations." Banda area, June, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

1995-06

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Cashew; Anacardium; Agricultural field

Subjects Facet:

Agriculture; Farming;Gourd, calabash; Lagenaria siceraria; Cash crop

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Banda, Bono, Ghana

Date Digitized:

2020

53. Clay smoking pipe, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 3 views (bottom left: bowl base and step viewed from top; bottom right: bowl base and stem from side, with pipe bowl to the left; top: bowl front). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's bowl has a slightly pedestaled base, the bottom of which shows signs of abrasion. Above its base, the pipe bowl is outward flaring and constricts slightly at the lip. The upper area of the bowl is decorated by overall vertical incisions interspersed with single vertical rows of circular impressions. A horizontal groove marks the boundary between a lower zone decorated with angled incisions. The pipe's stem joins the bowl above the bowl base (a "double-angled" form) and its lip is rounded. The pipe has been decorated with an overall red slip. It has been minimally cleaned on the exterior and soil remains in the bowl interior, with the end of a root visible in the bowl's base. Photo scale in cm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 29 June, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 106N, Level 4

Date:

1995-06-29

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

SF KK 00-268

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-06-29

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Commentary:

Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222

54. Clay smoking pipe, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 3 views (bottom left: view from front; bottom right: side with pipe bowl to the left; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's bowl has a slightly flared base, the bottom of which shows signs of abrasion. Above its base, the pipe bowl is outward flaring. The bowl is decorated by overall diagonal incisions that meet to form a "V" pattern. The front is marked by a vertical row of circular impressions. Rounded appliques have been added to the bowl near to its base. The bowl's rim is missing. Its stem joins the bowl at its base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem is slightly collared at its end and has a rounded lip. The pipe has been minimally cleaned on the exterior and soil remains in the bowl interior. Photo scale in cm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 6 July, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 130W 24S, Level 2

Date:

1995-07-06

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

SF KK 95-194

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-07-06

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Commentary:

Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222

55. Tanged iron blade, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

A curved iron blade (brɔfiɛn in Nafaanra), rounded at the tip (left), slightly shouldered at the base, with a long tang (right) for the purpose of hafting. The tool shows signs of corrosion. The artfiact was excavated from a house mound and found in a level of midden-like deposits. Scale in cm. Length: 11.2 cm. Weight: 11.7 gm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 14 June, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 66W 14N, Level 4

Date:

1995-06-14

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects:

Iron tool

Subjects Facet:

Blades (tool and equipment components); Cutting tools; Knives; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

SF KK 95-089

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-06-14

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222