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1. Fish ready for smoking, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
A container of fish covered by leaves sits near a smoking over, awaiting processing. A plastic hanger and a Guiness carton site nearby in the resettled Ewe village of Akanyakrom. Akanyakrom, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Women's work; Plastic containers
Subjects Facet:
Fishing villages; Food processing
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-16
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.247491, -2.246060
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Geographic Coordinates:
8.247491, -2.246060

2. Fish ready for smoking, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
An aluminum headpan holds fish known as Asentewe (Alestes baremoze) that are ready for smoking. The fish have been scaled and gutted, and a bamboo skewer placed through their tail and head to hold them as they smoke. The pan sits on the edge of a smoking oven, next to two wooden and mesh smoking trays in the resettled Ewe village of Akanyakrom. Akanyakrom, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Women's work; Headpans
Subjects Facet:
Fishing villages; Food processing; Smoking of food
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-16
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.247491, -2.246060
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Geographic Coordinates:
8.247491, -2.246060

3. Fish smoking oven, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
An Ewe woman removes fish from an aluminum headpan and places them on a wooden and mesh tray placed over a rectangular earthen smoking oven. Other trays sit behind the oven. These will be added to the stack as lower trays are filled with fish known as Asentewe (Alestes baremoze). In the background are houses built by Bui Power Authority when this Ewe fishing community was displaced by construction of Bui Dam. Akanyakrom, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom
Subjects:
Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Fishing villages; Food processing; Smoking of food
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-16
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.247491, -2.246060
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.247491, -2.246060

4. Fish laid out for smoking, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
Fish known as Asentewe (Alestes baremoze) have been laid on their backs in a wood and mesh smoking tray. The fish are oriented on their backs to retain the fat in their belly. Multiple trays will be stacked and covered while smoking for up to four days. Trays are periodically rotated in the stack to ensure even smoking of all the fish. Two aluminum headpans used to carry the fish sit nearby. Akanyakrom, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Women's work; Headpans
Subjects Facet:
Fishing villages; Food processing; Smoking of food
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-16
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.247491, -2.246060
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.247491, -2.246060

5. Weaving a raffia palm mat, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
Owusu Alexander weaves a large raffia palm mat. He has tied the in-progress mat to a raffia palm stick to anchor the mat as he weaves. The mat is wound around the stick as weaving proceeds. To the left, wrapped on a stick that is leaning against a stack of sun-dried bricks, is a narrow mat that he wove to demonstrate mat weaving techniques. Four large pottery jars rest upside down near a house wall in the background. Sabiye, 22 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects:
Men's work
Subjects Facet:
Raffia work; Handicraft; Mats; Weaving
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-22
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.067496, -2.352233
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Geographic Coordinates:
8.067496, -2.352233

6. Weaving a raffia palm mat, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
Owusu Alexander weaves a raffia palm mat. He has secured four split fronds around his left index finger as he weaves with his right hand. Sabiye, 22 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects:
Men's work
Subjects Facet:
Raffia work; Handicraft; Mats; Weaving
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-27
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.067496, -2.352233
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.067496, -2.352233

7. Finishing a raffia palm mat, Sabiye, 2022

Description:
Owusu Alexancer uses a razor blade to cut loose ends from a finshed raffia mat. Sabiye, 27 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Sabiye
Subjects:
Men's work
Subjects Facet:
Raffia work; Handicraft; Mats; Weaving
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-27
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Sabiye;8.067496, -2.352233
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.067496, -2.352233

8. Fish smoking oven, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
Five wooden racks containing fish sit on top of a rectangular earthen smoking oven in the resettled Ewe village of Akanyakrom. A metal roofing sheet covers the stack. The metal-sided shed behind the oven is where women scale and gut the fish in preparation for smoking. A deep wooden mortar and five pestals of varying size and shape rest against a nearby house. Akanyakrom, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (Resettled)
Subjects:
Women's work
Subjects Facet:
Fishing villages; Food processing; Smoking of food; Mortars & pestles
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-16
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (Resettled);8.247491, -2.246060
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.247491, -2.246060

9. Preparing bamboo for basketry fish trap making, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
Ewe fishermen Maxwell Gbadago (left) and Dzobo Sebastian (right) use knives to remove knots and shape bamboo sticks that they will use in weaving a basketry fish trap. A number of unsplit bamboo stalks await processing. A large blue industrially made fish net is laid out behind where they sit. Akanyakrom, 18 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Men's work
Subjects Facet:
Bamboo; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Ewe (African people)
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-18
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.246709, -2.244840

10. Bamboo used for fish trap making, Akanyakrom, 2022

Description:
Whole and split bamboo stalks that will be used to make a basketry fish trap. Akanyakrom, 18 July, 2022.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Akanyakrom (resettled)
Subjects:
Men's work
Subjects Facet:
Bamboo; Fish traps; Handicrafts; Baskets
Creator:
Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:
2022
Date searchable:
2022-07-18
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Akanyakrom (resettled);8.246709, -2.244840
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:
8.246709, -2.244840