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- Description:
- A crucible used to process copper alloys from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12. Crucibles like this would have been used to heat copper alloys to a liquid state for use in casting, including casting through a lost-wax process. Scale in cm. Kuulo Kataa, 27 June, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Metal casting; Metalworking; Copper alloys; Lost wax casting; Archaeology; Lost-wax process; Crucibles; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- Catalog number SF-KK-00-229
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2000
- Date searchable:
- 2010-08-20
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Description:
- Archaeological excavations of Mound 6 at Ngre Kataa in 2009 expose a workshop where blacksmiths produced iron and copper-alloy tools and ornaments. The mound is being excavated in 2 x 2 meter units named for the coordinates of their northeast corner. In unit 50N 0W (foreground), an area of burned soil marks the location where blacksmiths heated metals. A pottery jar sits in place to the right. In surrounding units (50N 2W, 48N 0W, 48N 2W) are large anvil stones where the hot metals would have been hammered and shaped through forging. The mound's stratified deposits suggest that the workshop area was used for many decades, and perhaps centuries, between the years of about 1350 and 1520 CE (Common Era). View across the mound from the northeast looking towards the southwest. Site Ngre Kataa. 27 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 6
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects:
- Workshop; Mound 6
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Metallurgy; Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron; Copper alloys
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-27
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Description:
- Skilled craftsmen at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi, Ghana demonstrate techniques of lost wax casting by making souvenir items like the brass bottle opener pictured here (bottom left). To the right (and top left) is a discarded lost-wax-casting mold that has been broken open to remove the finished objects. This mold produced two bottle openers. The inside of the mold shows the impressions left by the original wax models when they were encased in ashy clay (black matrix). Visbile toward the base of the casting mold are impressions of the tubes, out of which the melted wax drained and through which the molten brass was poured to fill the mold. Brass bottle opener height: 9 cm. Kumasi, Ghana. 4 July 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 2009-07-04
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kumasi
- Subjects:
- Brass
- Subjects Facet:
- Copper alloys; Lost Wax Casting; Handicraft
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-07-04
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Kumasi;6.70296105118106, -1.6305405
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 6.70296105118106, -1.6305405
- Description:
- An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life during the 13th to the 15th centuries. It briefly summarizes what has been learned from archaeological excavations about handicrafts at Ngre Kataa including metal working and pottery making. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are available in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Community engagement; Ornaments; Poster; Ngre Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Handicraft; Metal casting; Pottery making; Metalworking; Forging; Iron; Copper alloys; Ivory; Heritage
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1200-1450
- Date searchable:
- 2011-06
- Genre:
- Poster
- Genre Facet:
- Poster
- Format:
- Image
- Language Facet:
- English
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Description:
- An educational poster with pictures and text which describes Banda-area village life from the 15th through the 17th centuries. It briefly summarizes what has been learned from archaeological excavations at Kuulo Kataa about metal working. It also outlines the use of wild and domestic animals and the new objects and practices that developed in this time when trade connections with the Niger River area were strong. It is one of five posters prepared for a Banda community event held in July, 2011. Printed versions of the posters are housed in the Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17060 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17073
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects:
- Kuulo Kataa; Community engagement; Poster
- Subjects Facet:
- Dogs; Handicraft; Metal casting; Smelting; Pottery making; Metalworking; Tobacco; Foodways; Ivory; Iron; Corn; Tobacco pipes; Copper alloys; Forging; Beads; Heritage
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1400-1650
- Date searchable:
- 2011-06
- Genre:
- Poster
- Genre Facet:
- Poster
- Format:
- Image
- Language Facet:
- English
- Location(s):
- Banda
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl