1. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

2. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

7.986031, -2.546331

3. Readying tobacco leaves for drying, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:

Tobacco began to be grown as a cash crop in the Banda area in the early 1980s. Here young people tie leaves to the branches from which the tobacco will be suspended while hanging in the drying barn. Visible in the background are two drying barns built of cement block and roofed with iron sheets. Tobacco companies advanced farmers the materials to build these barns against the farmer's crop. Between the drying barns is a stack of wood brought in by tractor to fuel fires in the barns. In the background of one photo, men carry headpans filled with tobacco which they have brought from farm. Two photos. South side of Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Drying barns; Children's work; Wood piles; Headpans; Men's work

Subjects Facet:

Lifting and carrying; Firewood; Tobacco; Metal roofing; Agriculture; Building; Cash crops

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-07/08

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163264, -2.356141

4. Tobacco drying barns, south side of Ahenkro, 1994

Description:

By 1994, many Banda farmers had gone into tobacco farming. Money was advanced to farmers by tobacco companies to purchase the cement and iron sheets needed to build drying barns. The buyers also advanced commercial fertilizer needed to grow the cash crop. A tractor supplied by the company was used to prepare fields for the seedlings and to transport firewood from surrounding areas to the barns. Large amounts of wood were used to stoke fires in the drying barns. South side of Ahenkro, June-July, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Drying barns; Fertilizer; Wood piles

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood

Identifier:

5

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994-07

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163383, -2.357502

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163383, -2.357502

5. Piled wood used to fuel tobacco drying barns, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:

Tobacco was grown as a cash crop in the Banda area during the 1980s and 1990s. Pictured here are wood piles and tobacco barns on the south side of Ahenkro. The wood was collected and brought to town using a tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers to fuel the drying barns created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Wood piles; Drying barns

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood

Identifier:

2

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1990

Date searchable:

1990-06/07

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163264, -2.356141

6. Drying barn for processing tobacco, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:

Drying barns on the south side of Banda-Ahenkro used to dry and cure tobacco. Wood used to fuel the fires in the barns is stacked in piles between the barns and was brought in from surrounding farmland by tractor. The high demand for wood by tobacco farmers created tensions with women who relied on wood collected from farms to fuel their cooking fires. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Drying barns; Ahenkro; Wood piles

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco; Cash crops; Firewood

Identifier:

3

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1990

Date searchable:

1990-06/07

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163264, -2.356141

7. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:

Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. In the shelter's rear corner, calabash (gourd; chrԑ in Nafaanra) bowls and ladles rest on a low platform constructed of poles and thatch. Several other worn calabash and fired clay vessels are beneath the platform. A hearth, right foreground, is constructed of three stones in-between which dry wood collected from around the farm is placed. Several maize (corn; bleju in Nafaanra) shucks lie on the ground, lower left foreground. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17120

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Mats; Farm shelter; Maize

Subjects Facet:

Building; Farming; Gourd, Calabash; Basket making; Firewood; Corn

Identifier:

36

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

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Banda

Date Digitized:

2019-05-28

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

8. Newly fired clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

Description:

Clay pottery jars cool and dry after having been fired and dipped in a finishing bark solution. Once fully cooled, the jars will be stacked and stored before being sent to markets around the area. Jars like these (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) are used to prepare food, for example boiling yams and other tubers. To the right rear, wood is stored on a raised platform, awaiting use in cooking hearths. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Bondakile

Subjects:

Potting; Cooking pots (sro cho); Jars

Subjects Facet:

Food preparation; Pottery making; Pottery; Firewood

Identifier:

28

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

9. Farm shelter near Ahenkro, 1982

Description:

Interior view of a shelter constructed at farm with walls made from woven mats and a thatched roof supported by wooden poles around the shelter's perimeter. Pieces of firewood lay near the shelter's entrance with a small wooden double-ended pestle/grinder lying on its side in front of the wood. Several maize (corn) cobs (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) stripped of their kernels lay on the earthen floor of the shelter. Farm near Ahenkro, September, 1982.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17118 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17119

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Mats; Farm shelter; Maize; Grinding pestle

Subjects Facet:

Building; Farming; Basket making; Firewood; Corn

Identifier:

38

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-09

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Banda

Date Digitized:

2019-05-28

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre

10. Clay bowls ready for firing, Adadiem, 1994

Description:

A woman stacks clay grinding bowls on top of wood in preparation for a bonfire firing. The bowls are placed to ensure even exposure to the heat of the bonfire. She will place additional fuel on top of the bowls before lighting the fire. Adadiem, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Adadiem

Subjects:

Grinding bowls; Women's work; Potting; Adadiem; Bonfire; Bowls

Subjects Facet:

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

Identifier:

30

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Adadiem;8.082874, -2.552821

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.082874, -2.552821

11. Remains of pottery firings, Adadiem, 1994

Description:

Though potters work individually when they make clay pots, they help each other when they fire their pots. In the foreground are the ashes left by earlier fires, and in the background women tend to ongoing bonfires. Stacks of firewood are visible in the background. Adadiem, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Adadiem

Subjects:

Adadiem; Bonfire; Potting; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (ceramics); Firewood

Identifier:

11

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Adadiem;8.082874, -2.552821

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.082874, -2.552821

12. Clay food pots ready for firing, Dorbour, 1994

Description:

Ten clay cooking pots (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) have been placed upside down on a bed of firewood in preparation for a bonfire that will fire the clay pots. These pots have been red-slipped (chuma in Nafaanra) before firing. In the background is the bark that will be used to cover and surround the pottery before the bonfire is lit. Once lit, the fire burns for beween 30 minutes and an hour, after which the clay jars will be useable and ready for sale. Dorbour, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Food pots (sro cho); Slipping; Bonfire; Dorbour; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood

Identifier:

2

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137

13. Pottery bonfire in preparation, Adadiem, 1994

Description:

A number of large and medium-sized clay jars have been placed upside down on a bed of fire wood in preparation for a bonfire firing. Several previously fired and broken clay pots together with large stones are used to bank the edges of the stacked firewood. More firewood is stacked behind the bonfire area. Adadiem, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Adadiem

Subjects:

Adadiem; Bonfire; Jars

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics); Firewood

Identifier:

17

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Adadiem;8.082874, -2.552821

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.082874, -2.552821

14. Carrying firewood from farm, Ahenkro, 1982

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

15. Women preparing food, Ahenkro, 1986

Description:

Women in the central courtyard of a house compound in Ahenkro prepare the evening meal. A woman seated in the foreground readies dishes while women in the background cook over clustered hearths. A number of low stools are placed amidst a variety of metal, plastic and fired clay containers including buckets and pots. Calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are among the containers being used. A repurposed metal drum (center, back) holds water for household purposes. A raised platform is stacked with firewood brought by the women from farm and stored until needed. Thatch- and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Metal pots; Plastic containers; Water barrels; Women's work

Subjects Facet:

Food preparation; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Firewood; Hearths

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-07/08

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

16. Bonfire firing of clay pots, Adadiem, 1994

Description:

Potters in Adadiem place bark over clay pots that have been stacked on top of a bed of firewood. The bonfire has been lit and the bark serves as additional fuel. More red-slipped clay pots sit behind, waiting for the next firing. One woman carries a child on her back. The bonfire will burn for between 30 minutes and an hour, after which the pots will be ready for use or sale. Abena Donkor (far right) assists while Solomon Kojo, young boy in brown shorts, looks on. Two photos. Adadiem, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Adadiem

Subjects:

Potting; Bonfire; Women's work; Adadiem

Subjects Facet:

Firing (Ceramics); Firewood; Pottery; Handicraft

Identifier:

22; 30

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Adadiem;8.082874, -2.552821

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.082874, -2.552821

17. Preparing the firewood for firing clay pottery, Dorbour, 1994

Description:

Afua Donkor, a Nafana potter, selects and places fuel as she prepares to fire clay soup pots (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra) that have been slipped red. Other clay pots sit nearby awaiting firing, some in a headpan. The pots are carefully stacked on top of the wood and additional fuel placed on top. Additional firewood is stacked behind and in front lays the bark that she will use to cover the clay pots before lighting the bonefire. Once lit, the bonfire will burn for between 30 and 60 minutes, after which the fired pottery will be hardened, useable and ready for sale. Two photos. Dorbour, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Bonfire; Headpan; Potting; Jars; Slipping

Subjects Facet:

Firing (Ceramics); Firewood; Pottery; Handicraft

Identifier:

21; 29

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137

18. Pounding cassava, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:

Magdalene Attah uses a small wooden mortar and pestle to process cassava flour while two goats forage in the background. The large wood pile to the rear (left) is associated with the tobacco drying barns that line the south edge of Ahenkro. Ahenkro, May, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Techniques; Pounding

Subjects Facet:

Goats; Food preparation; Food processing; Mortars & pestles; Cassava; Firewood

Identifier:

5

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995-06

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163219, -2.356356

19. Hearths in Dorbour, 1994

Description:

Hearths in a Dorbour household. One of three visible hearths is in use, a metal cooking pot suspended over a fire fueled by firewood. A wooden mortar and several pestles are at ready in the background. In the foreground (right) a clay cooking pot rests on top of a metal basin that has been re-purposed as a pot stand. A large metal pot, a calabash bowl (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) and a plastic cup sit behind the clay pot. Dorbour, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Metal pots; Plastic containers

Subjects Facet:

Food preparation; Mortars & pestles; Hearths; Gourd, Calabash; Pottery; Firewood

Identifier:

19

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137

20. Pottery hearth, Dorbour, 1994

Description:

A courtyard hearth in a Dorbour household. The hearth "stones" are clay pots turned upside down and embedded in the ground. A pottery cooking jar rests on the hearth, the firewood pulled away from the hearth while it is not in use. A metal cooking pot and headpan have caught the interest of a foraging goat. Dorbour, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Metal pots; Headpans

Subjects Facet:

Goats; Food preparation; Hearths; Courtyards; Pottery; Firewood

Identifier:

16

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137

21. Boys' pretend tobacco barn, Ahenkro, 1995

Description:

Two young boys tend to a pretend tobacco drying barn that they have built on the south side of Ahenkro, near to where tobacco is being processed. A functional drying barn is visible in the background (center) alongside large piles of wood that will be used to fuel it. Two photos. Ahenkro, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Ahenkro; Drying barns; Pretending

Subjects Facet:

Firewood; Tobacco; Children; Play

Identifier:

34

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995

Date searchable:

1995

Genre:

;35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163264, -2.356141

Date Digitized:

2019-03-08

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163264, -2.356141