Subject(s): handicraft / Genre: 35 mm slide - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

1. Spindle and spindle whorl, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

2. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

3. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

4. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

5. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

6. A partially formed clay jar, Bondakile, 1982.

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

7. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

8. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

9. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

10. Removing clay pots from a bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

11. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

12. Bonfire firing of clay pots, Adadiem, 1994

Description:: Fired, blackened clay grinding bowls are stacked (center). While hot from the fire, the bowls have been blackened by rolling them in dry grass or peanut (boŋgrɛ in Nafaanra) shells. To the right, a bonfire firing is in progress. The outside perimeter of the fire is banked with previously fired but broken jars. To the left, a large clay bowl contains a bark solution into which the pots are dipped while still hot from the fire. Behind that, another bonfire burns. To the right (back, center) pots have been stacked in preparation for another bonfire firing. The fashion of blackening grinding bowls began in the Banda area sometime during the 20th century. Adadiem, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Adadiem
Subjects:: Grinding bowls; Women's work; Potting; Bonfire
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 37
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;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

13. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

14. Unfired clay pots with red slip, Dorbour, 1994.

Description:: A group of unfired clay pots to which red slip (chuma in Nafaanra) has been applied prior to firing. The string of Babobab tree seeds (foreground) is used to burnish the slip. By rubbing the dried slip vigorously with the seeds, the slip adheres to the surface and becomes shiny. To the right rear are several unfired clay eating bowls (kpokpoo in Nafaanra). Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Potting; Burnishing; Slipping; Potting tools; Dorbour; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 9
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

15. Blackened women's eating bowl, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Small clay eating bowls like this one (kpokpoo in Nafaanra) were typically used by women. This one has been blackened after a fashion that became popular in the 20th century. Similar bowls are found on archaeological sites around the Banda area, though often with a flat, pedestaled base and seldom blackened. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Eating bowls (kpokpoo); Bowls; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Foodways; Pottery
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):: Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

16. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

17. Potting clay drying, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Potting clay is spread to dry after being mined and brought to Dorbour by a potter, perhaps aided by her relatives. The clay includes a combination of plastic clay (chͻklͻlͻ in Nafaanra) and sandy clay (sisa in Nafaanra) which are mixed together at the place where the clay is mined. After drying, the clay will be pounded, sifted, mixed with water and kneaded until the clay is the right consistency. A potter only mixes as much clay as she needs to make a batch of pots (6-8). Children may help with the work of pounding and kneading the clay. In the background, houses made of atakpame (coursed earthen-walls) with thatched roofs are visible. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Clay; Potting; Atakpame; Children's work; Pounding; Dorbour; Drying
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Clay mining; Thatched roofs
Identifier:: 6
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

18. Chͻkoo (water storage vessels). Left: Adadiem; right: Dorbour

Description:: These fired clay pots are specifically designed for water storage. The water jar (chͻkoo in Nafaanra) on the left was made in Adadiem and the one on the right was made by a potter in Dorbour. Unlike pottery intended for other uses, potters do not finish pots intended for water storage in a bark solution to seal and color the pot. Instead, the surface of water storage pots needs to be porous to effectively cool the water stored inside. The size of the water jar's mouth allows access to the water inside but also limits evaporation. The color of these pots is a result of firing conditions. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Adadiem
Subjects:: Water storage; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery
Identifier:: 8
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

19. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter seated on the ground starts to form a clay pot. She begins with a lump of clay resting on a metal plate (kpankpa in Nafaanra) which she can turn as she uses a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique to shape the pot. A second lump of clay has already begun to be formed (lower left) and a clay bowl contains water that she uses to moisten the clay as needed (lower right). Lying on the metal plates to the left are tools that she will use as she forms the pot including two maize cobs, a spatula and a stone. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Potting; Potting tools; Maize cobs; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 27
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

20. Shaping a clay pot, Adadiem, 1994

Description:: A standing potter bends over as she begins to pull a clay lump upwards and outwards, using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique to form the walls of a clay pot. The clay rests on a metal plate (kpankpa in Nafaanra) which allows her to move the pot aside to dry once its body and rim are formed. Once dry, she will add a rounded base. The finger marks visible at this stage of the pot's forming show the direction in which she pulls the clay as she works. Adadiem, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Adadiem
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Potting; Adadiem
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 13
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

21. A potter's tools, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter's tools are laid out for view. Sitting on a well-worn clay-smeared grinding stone are two maize cobs (left; bledjukaan in Nafaanra), half of a seed pod from a tree (jenge in Nafaanra), and a spatula (unknown material). An enamel-ware pot holds several water-worn pebbles, several of which also sit in front of the grindstone. Pebbles (gbeliͻ in Nafaanra) are used to burnish the surface or make decorations on the pot's surface. In front of the grinding stone are two iron rings or "bracelets." The one with a wide flat side (gbooroo in Nafaanra) is used to scrape and thin the pot's walls after they have been allowed to dry. The other can be used to decorate pots. A small clay bowl holds water and a piece of cloth used to moisten and smooth the surface of the pot after it is formed. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Potting; Maize cob; Potting tools; Dorbour; Grinding stone; Decoration; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Enameled ware
Identifier:: 18
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

22. Potting clay stored outside a house, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: After drying, potting clay is stored in potters' houses until needed. When the potter is ready to make a batch of clay pots, she will first pound and then sift the clay. The sifted clay is then mixed with water and kneaded until it is the right consistency for making a pot. Dorbour, 1994
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Clay; Dorbour; Pounding; Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 18
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

23. Clay lumps ready for use, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter handles a lump of clay that she will use to make a clay pot. Other lumps, each of which will be used to make a pot, are stacked on a metal tray awaiting use. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Clay; Dorbour; Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 12
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

24. Dipping clay pots in bark solution, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

25. Potting clay source, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

26. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

27. 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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

28. Burnishing a red-slipped clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Afua Donkor, a Nafana potter burnishes a dried but as-yet unfired clay pot on which she has applied a red slip (chuma in Nafaanra). She uses a strand of Baobab tree seeds (wasawasa in Nafaanra) to rub the slip, helping the color to adhere to the pot's surface and giving it a sheen. The slip is a thin solution made by mixing a red soil found on the Brawhani road with water. Some is contained in a small can sitting on the ground (left). Finished, unfired pots sit in the room behind the potter. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16917
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Burnishing; Slipping; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 27
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

29. Burnishing a red-slipped clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Afua Donkor, a Nafana potter, burnishes a dried but as-yet unfired clay pot on which she has applied a red slip (chuma in Nafaanra). She uses a strand of Baobab tree seeds (wasawasa in Nafaanra) to rub the slip, helping the color to adhere to the pot's surface and giving it a sheen. The base of the pot is left unslipped. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16916
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Burnishing; Slipping; Potting tools; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 12
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

30. Painting a spindle whorl, Kokua, 1994

Description:: Spindle whorls (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) are made by Muslim men in Kokua, a village on the Sampa-Asri road. Here a man decorates fired clay whorls, applying bands of colors (white, red, yellow) to their dark surface. He applies the color using a stylus, twisting the whorl to create horizontal bands around the whorl's circumference. In the foreground a finished spindle whorl sits on top of unpainted whorls in a metal pot. A bundle of thin wooden spindles sits at the man's foot, next to a calabash that holds white pigment. Yellow pigment is held by another container, possibly a turtle shell (carapace). Next to it, a red pigment stone (ochre) rests on a heavily worn grinding stone. The beauty of such a painted spindle whorl inspired the Nafaanra proverb "Chlͻ were nyu na gԑndԑ yi" (The woman is as beautiful as the spindle whorl.") Archaeological examples of whorls found on late 18th- and 19th-century sites in the Banda area are often shaped like these from Kokua, but few show signs of paint, perhaps because it has worn off during use. Kokua, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Kokua
Subjects:: Men's work; Decoration; Paint; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spindle whorls; Ocher
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):: Kokua;7.852430, -2.646146
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.852430, -2.646146

31. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

32. Burned bone used in spinning, Gbao, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

33. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

34. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

35. Making a woven tray, Dompofie, 1995

Description:: A man in Dompofie makes a basketry tray (gbrewa in Nafaanra). He uses a (metal?) tube as a frame. First the warp slats are placed at intervals on the frame. Then the weft slats are interwoven with the weft, starting from the center and working outward to the edges. Trays like this could be used in crop processing or for temporarily storing foodstuffs. A finished, well-worn basketry tray is visible, upper left, leaning against a pole. Dompofie, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dompofie
Subjects:: Men's work; Trays
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Basket making
Identifier:: 5
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):: Dompofie;8.148574, -2.367172
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.148574, -2.367172

36. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

37. Partially formed clay jars drying, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

38. Potting clay source, Bondakile, 1982

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

39. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A standing potter molds the body of a clay jar using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. Beginning with a lump of moist clay, she draws the clay upward and outward from the center as she moves clockwise around the stump that holds the movable palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which the jar is being formed. The fingermarks left as she pulls and thins the clay will be smoothed over as she continues to shape the jar. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: 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 ; 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:: 1
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

40. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A standing potter molds the body of a clay jar using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique. Beginning with a lump of moist clay, she has drawn the clay upward and outward with her hands. Here she begins to shape the form of the jar's neck and outward-flaring rim. As she works, she moves backwards 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/17-16850 ; 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; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery
Identifier:: 4
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

41. Fired and finished clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A group of four clay jars cool after being removed from the bonfire and dipped in bark solution. The solution carbonizes as it comes in contact with the hot surface of the pot, creating a glossy darkened surface that reduces the jar's porosity. A portion of one jar's rim has broken off during the firing and finishing process. Visible on the lower pot surfaces is the maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) roulette applied to create a roughened surface prior to firing. Shallow grooves used to decorate the upper surfaces are visible on the jar in the foreground. Pieces of bark from the bark solution adhere to the jars' surfaces. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting; Maize cob roulette; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 25
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

42. 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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

43. Bark solution used to finish clay pots, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: Potters place the pounded bark of specific trees (surom, layene, koko or lakroas they are known in Nafaanra) in water to create a solution used to finish pots. The red-colored solution carbonizes on the surface of hot pots just removed from the bonfire. Here, the prepared solution awaits as the pots are being fired. A plastic container floats on the surface. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17219
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Potting; Plastic containers; Finishing; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 20
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

44. Removing clay pots from the firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A potter uses a pole to carry a hot clay jar from the smoldering bonfire (behind). She is carrying it to a pottery bowl that contains a solution of pounded bark into which she will dip the jar to create a finish. Newly fired pots are visible in the remains of the bonfire, lying on their sides. A row of upturned, previously fired but broken pots forms a bank around the bonfire's edge. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Bonfire
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 22
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

45. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: A potter tends the bonfire in which clay pottery jars are being fired. She uses a long pole to adjust the grass fuel laid on top of the pots and the wood fuel beneath them. A bank of previously fired and broken pots holds the fire in place. 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:: Women's work; Potting; Bonfire
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Firing (Ceramics)
Identifier:: 19
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

46. Remains of a pottery-firing bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

Description:: The remains of a pottery-firing bonfire after the newly fired pots have been removed. Most of the jars visible here were fired prior to this bonfire. Broken or otherwise flawed, they were used to create a bank around the bonfire at its base. The bonfire's fuel has been reduced to an ash layer that remains in the center. 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:: 29
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

47. Pounding bark used to finish clay pots, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Afua Donkor, a Nafana potter, uses a pestle to pound bark that will be used to make a solution to finish clay pots. In a nearby headpan, more stripped bark awaits pounding. After pounding, the bark will be soaked in water. Hot clay pots just removed from the bonfire will be dipped and turned in the solution. This colors the pots and is said to reduce their porosity. She sits on a stool as she works in the courtyard near a hearth. Nearby is a large metal cooking pot, several wooden mortars and a number of pestles. Finished clay soup cooking pots (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra) sit behind her ready for sale. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Headpans ; Women's work; Potting; Pounding; Dorbour; Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo)
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Mortars & pestles; Pottery
Identifier:: 22
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

48. Learning to make clay pots, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Adwoa Miwo (right) learns to make clay pots from her experienced potter mother, Peni Ngunu Chͻ (center), as they work together in the interior courtyard of their house. Mosi Nyuu (husband and father) looks on. Partially finished clay jars sit nearby, resting on the palettes (kapankpa in Nafaanra) on which they have been formed. The more experienced mother is making a larger jar than her apprentice daughter. Also placed around the house's interior courtyard are two dark-colored clay soup pots (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra) and a wooden mortar (right). Thatch- and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Learning; Dorbour; Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Pottery; Apprentices
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):: Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

49. Decorating a clay soup pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Akua Donkor, a Nafana potter, uses a rounded-edged tool to make shallow grooves on the upper body of a soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra). The clay pot has been allowed to dry to a leather-hard state before the decorations are applied. She has used a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) as a roulette (roller) to surface treat the base of the clay pot. A single grooved line sets the maize cob rouletted zone from the smoothed surface above it. The woman wears bracelets that can double as tools for decorating pots. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Bracelet; Women's work; Potting; Potting tools; Maize cob roulette; Dorbour; Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 25
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

50. Decorating a clay cooking pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Akua Donkor, a Nafana potter, etches grooves onto the leather-hard surface of a clay cooking pot (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) before it is fired. The lower part of the jar has been surface treated using a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) as a roulette. This gives the pot surface texture, over which the grooved design is made. She wears bracelets that sometimes double as tools to decorate pots. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Bracelet; Women's work; Potting; Maize cob; Potting tools; Dorbour; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 32
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

51. A finished clay cooking pot, ready for firing, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter completes decorations on a clay cooking pot (sro chͻ in Nafaanra). Another pot sits nearby, turned upside down. The lower bodies of the pots have been surface treated by rolling a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) across the leather-dry surface of the clay jar. Shallow grooved lines have been etched over top. The clay jars are now ready to be fired. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Cooking pots (sro cho); Maize cob; Potting tools; Dorbour; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 3
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

52. Decorating a clay cooking pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter uses a metal bracelet as a roulette to make shallow grooves on the leather-hard surface of a cooking pot (sro chͻ in Nafaanra). She rolls the bracelet across a surface that has been textured using a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra) roulette. Next she will make shallow grooves along the boundary between the smooth upper body of the jar and the maize cob-routletted lower areas. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Bracelet; Women's work; Potting; Cooking pots (sro cho); Potting tools; Maize cob roulette; Dorbour; Decoration
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 4
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

53. Scraping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Yaa Tenabrԑ, a Nafana potter, sits on a wooden stool as she scapes the interior of a large clay pot. A metal bucket containing moist clay covered in plastic sits nearby. A well-worn grinding stone is visible at the top of the photo, on top of which rests a pink plastic cup. A small clay bowl filled with water sits next to it. The blue headpan to the right can no longer be used to carry things, but it remains useful as a support or stand for other things like round-based water storage pots. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Potting; Plastic containers; Dorbour; Headpans; Metal buckets; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

54. Scraping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Adwoa Fodjoa, a Nafana potter, sits on a wooden stool as she thins the inside walls of a clay water pot (chͻkoo in Nafaanra). The pot has been formed and set aside to dry before the potter thins its walls. The round-based pot rests on a cloth as she works. Other water pots on which she is working sit near her, turned upside down. A metal plate that she uses as a palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which to form pots sits by her foot. The clay jar in front of the pot on which she is working contains the water she uses to moisten the pot as needed. A tray with lumps of clay and two enamel ware pots sit nearby. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Potting; Dorbour; Water pots (chokoo)
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Enameled ware
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):: Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

55. Smoothing the inside of a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Yaa Tenabrԑ, a Nafana potter, stands as she uses a spatula-like tool to smooth and thin the walls of a large clay pot which she is molding. She has shaped the pot using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique, beginning with a lump of clay and using her hands to draw the clay upwards and outwards. The pot rests on a round metal plate (kpankpa in Nafaanra) that can be turned on the stump on which it sits and on which the pot can be moved and set aside as it dries. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Potting; Potting tools; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
Identifier:: 20
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

56. Slipped jars drying in a courtyard, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Afua Donkor, a Nafana potter, inspects clay jars of various shapes and sizes that await firing. The liquid red slip (chuma in Nafaanra) has been applied, allowed to dry and then burnished in prepartion for firing. Visible around the courtyard are wooden mortars, a pestle and a metal cooking pot. Thatch-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Metal pots; Slippiing; Dorbour; Drying; Jars
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Courtyards; Pottery
Identifier:: 28
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

57. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A seated Nafana potter uses her hands to mold the sides of a clay pot. Beginning with a lump of clay placed on a round palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra), she has used a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique to form the pot. Nearby are the enamel ware plates that she uses as palettes or turntables on which to form pots. Another partially shaped pot is visible at the top of the photo. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Potting; Women's work ; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Enameled ware
Identifier:: 20
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

58. Shaping a clay jar, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Peni Krah, a Nafana potter, sits on the ground and uses her left hand to turn the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which she has molded a clay soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra), smoothing its rim with a moist cloth held in her right hand. The headpan to her right contains moist clay. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Forming; Women's work; Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Dorbour; Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

59. Spinning cotton thread, Gbao, 1982

Description:: Ma Fiԑn of Gbao (left) and Abena Wusu of Dompofie (right) spin cotton thread. Their spindles (gԑndԑ in Nafaanra) are weighted by fired clay spindle whorls (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) which help the spindle to maintain an even spin. Ma Fiԑn uses a calabash bowl as a spinning surface. Abena Wusu uses an enamel-ware bowl placed on a basket. They use their right hand to guide thread onto the spindle as it spins. In their left hand they hold the raw cotton from which the thread is being spun. They control the tension and flow of the cotton by alternately pulling back and easing their left hands. Thread forms as the spindle spins, with the finished product building up in layers toward the spindle's lower end, near the whorl. The baskets on top of which they spin used to store spinning equipment when not in use. Until recent decades, spinning was a routine household activity for women who then gave thread to men skilled in weaving to make cloth for the household. Spindle whorls found on archaeological sites dating to the late 18th and 19th centuries tell us that spinning was also a household activity during those centuries. In the photo's background harvested foods are drying (groundnut, cassava, chili pepper). A large basket and other containers (including a plastic tub) sit next to dried calabash ready to be sent to market. To the right, a clay water pot (chͻkoo in Nafaanra) rests on a metal basin and in the top right is a metal water barrel. Four photos. Gbao, September, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16830 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16831
Location(s) Facet:: Gbao
Subjects:: Plastic containers; Chͻkoo (chokoo); Cotton thread; Techniques; Water barrels; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Gourd, Calabash; Enameled ware; Handicraft; Spinning; Spindle whorls; West African strip weaving; Baskets; Water
Identifier:: 27; 23; 24; 25
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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.147021, -2.362744

60. Spinning cotton thread, Bondakile, 1994

Description:: A woman in Bondakile spins cotton thread from raw fiber held in her left hand. She holds the raw cotton between her thumb and index finger, using her middle finger to provide tension as she stretches and thins the fibers using her right hand. The thread is wound thickly toward the base of the spindle (gԑndԑ in Nafaanra) above the spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kan in Nafaanra) which is barely visible at the base of the spindle. The woman uses (what appears to be) a turtle shell (carapace) as a surface on which to spin. She has stabilized the shell with a piece of folded cloth which sits on top of an enamel ware plate. A calabash and a plastic bucket site nearby. Spinning was a routine household activity done by women until commercially manufactured cloth became commonplace (second half of the 20th century). Two photos. Bondakile, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bondakile
Subjects:: Plastic containers; Women's work ; Cotton thread; Techniques
Subjects Facet:: Enameled ware; Handicraft; Spinning; Spindle whorls
Identifier:: 36
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):: Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 7.986031, -2.546331

61. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Yaa Tenabrԑ, a Nafana potter, stands as she begins to pull a clay lump upwards and outwards, using a draw-and-drag (direct pull) technique to form the walls of a clay pot. The clay rests on a metal plate (kpankpa in Nafaanra) supported by a wooden stump. She moves clockwise around the stump, using her left hand to draw clay up from the center of the lump and her right hand to shape and thin what will become the walls of the pot. As she pulls and smooths the clay, she forms the upper body and rim of the pot. The finger marks visible at this stage of the pot's forming show the direction in which she pulls the clay as she works. These marks will be smoothed away as she continues to form the pot. She uses a maize cob (bedjukaan in Nafaanra) as a tool to shape and smooth the pot's walls. She uses a spatula-like tool to thin and further smooth the surface. When she is finished forming the body and rim, she will set the clay jar aside to dry on the wooden pallet on which it rests. Once dry, she will add a rounded base to the pot. Five photos. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Potting; Women's work; Forming; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Pottery making; Handicraft
Identifier:: 26
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

62. Forming the base of a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: Ama Donkor, a Nafana potter, sits as she uses moist clay to form the base of a soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra). She is adding the base to a body and rim that she made the day before and set aside to dry. The clay pot rests on a metal plate that she can turn as she works (kpankpa in Nafaanra). She adds small lumps of clay as she gradually builds the rounded base of the pot. Three photos. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Potting; Headpans; Women's work; Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Forming; Dorbour
Subjects Facet:: Pottery making; Handicraft
Identifier:: 31
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

63. Mat weaving, Sabiye, 1994

Description:: A man in Sabiye weaves a fiber mat (dԑnglԑ in Nafaanra) using 'gbannaa'. The mat is rolled and he works on its outer edge. Mats like these were pliable and used in a variety of ways. People slept on them within their houses. When people died, they might be wrapped in one of these valuable mats before being buried. Two photos. Sabiye, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1994
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Basket making; Mats
Identifier:: 26; 29
Creator:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Date searchable:: 1994
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.068359, -2.352164

64. Large clay pit west of Bui Village, 1989

Description:: Two men (left) stand on the edge of a deep pit previously mined by potters from around Bui Village as a source of potting clay. The deep clay pit was used before the mid-20th century when potters were still practicing their craft east of the Banda hills. The clay pit was located along a stream which drained into the Black Volta on its south bank, on the road leading west from Bui Village. The pit was located in an area later flooded by the rising waters of Bui Lake after construction of the Bui Dam. A red-and-white 2 meter photo scale stands upright in the pit to show the pit's depth. West of Bui, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 1989
Location(s) Facet:: Bui
Subjects:: Potting
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Clay mining; Pottery making
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: 8.288707, -2.279565
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.288707, -2.279565

65. Making water storage pots, Dorbour, 1994

Description:: A potter sits on a stool as she molds the upper body of a clay water jar (chͻkoo in Nafaanra). In her right hand she uses a maize cob (bledjukaan in Nafaanra), pulling it against the exterior surface to smooth and thin the clay. In the foreground are water jars whose leather-hard upper body and rim have been joined to a rounded base, their clay bases still moist and not yet smoothed. Large wooden mortars and a headpan containing moist clay sit nearby as she works in the shade of an open-sided room. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Women's work; Potting; Maize cob; Water jars (chokoo); Potting tools; Dorbour; Headpans
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Pottery making; Pottery; Mortars & pestles
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
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

66. Spinning cotton thread, Dumboli, 1994

Description:: A woman in Dumboli spins cotton thread. She holds raw cotton fiber in her left hand. She has attached a strand of fiber to her spindle (gԑndԑ in Nafaanra), and she prepares to set it and the spindle whorl (gԑndԑ kaan in Nafaanra) which weights it in motion with her right hand. The whorl spins inside a small white vessel (possibly an animal skull or turtle shell) resting on a basket lid. The woman sits on a low stool. Various containers used in food preparation sit behind her. The basket on which she is spinning is used to store her equipment when not in use. Seeing women spinning in their homes would have been common before the second half of the 20th century. Archaeologists find spindle whorls in houses on sites dating to the later 18th and 19th centuries. In earlier times, however, it appears that thread was primarily made in market centers rather than in households. Two photos. Dumboli, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dumboli
Subjects:: Cotton thread; Women's work; Techniques
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Spinning; Spindle whorls; Baskets
Identifier:: 18
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):: Dumboli;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

67. Basketry fish trap used by Ewe fishermen, Agbegikrom South, 1982

Description:: A basketry fish trap (exa in Ewe) made and used by Ewe fishermen in the Banda area, Ghana. Traps like these were used for fishing between the months of August and November. They were effective in catching different types of fish three inches in length or longer. Agbegikrom South, December, 1982.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19552
Location(s) Facet:: Agbegikrom South
Subjects Facet:: Baskets; Fishing; Fish Traps; Bamboo; Cordage; Handicrafts; Ewe (African people)
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
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Agbegikrom South;8.232275, -2.205676
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-28
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Mark McIntyre
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.232275, -2.205676

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1. Spindle and spindle whorl, 1982

2. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

3. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

4. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

5. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

6. A partially formed clay jar, Bondakile, 1982.

7. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

8. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

9. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

10. Removing clay pots from a bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

11. Clay bowls ready for firing, Adadiem, 1994

12. Bonfire firing of clay pots, Adadiem, 1994

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

14. Unfired clay pots with red slip, Dorbour, 1994.

15. Blackened women's eating bowl, Dorbour, 1994

16. Pottery bonfire in preparation, Adadiem, 1994

17. Potting clay drying, Dorbour, 1994

18. Chͻkoo (water storage vessels). Left: Adadiem; right: Dorbour

19. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

20. Shaping a clay pot, Adadiem, 1994

21. A potter's tools, Dorbour, 1994

22. Potting clay stored outside a house, Dorbour, 1994

23. Clay lumps ready for use, Dorbour, 1994

24. Dipping clay pots in bark solution, Bondakile, 1982

25. Potting clay source, Bondakile, 1982

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

27. Bonfire firing of clay pots, Adadiem, 1994

28. Burnishing a red-slipped clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

29. Burnishing a red-slipped clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

30. Painting a spindle whorl, Kokua, 1994

31. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

32. Burned bone used in spinning, Gbao, 1982

33. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

34. Clay grinding bowls drying, Bondakile, 1982

35. Making a woven tray, Dompofie, 1995

36. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

37. Partially formed clay jars drying, Bondakile, 1982

38. Potting clay source, Bondakile, 1982

39. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

40. Molding a clay jar, Bondakile, 1982

41. Fired and finished clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

42. Clay jars stacked on firewood, awaiting firing, Bondakile, 1982

43. Bark solution used to finish clay pots, Bondakile, 1982

44. Removing clay pots from the firing, Bondakile, 1982

45. Pottery firing, Bondakile, 1982

46. Remains of a pottery-firing bonfire, Bondakile, 1982

47. Pounding bark used to finish clay pots, Dorbour, 1994

48. Learning to make clay pots, Dorbour, 1994

49. Decorating a clay soup pot, Dorbour, 1994

50. Decorating a clay cooking pot, Dorbour, 1994

51. A finished clay cooking pot, ready for firing, Dorbour, 1994

52. Decorating a clay cooking pot, Dorbour, 1994

53. Scraping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

54. Scraping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

55. Smoothing the inside of a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

56. Slipped jars drying in a courtyard, Dorbour, 1994

57. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

58. Shaping a clay jar, Dorbour, 1994

59. Spinning cotton thread, Gbao, 1982

60. Spinning cotton thread, Bondakile, 1994

61. Shaping a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

62. Forming the base of a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

63. Mat weaving, Sabiye, 1994

64. Large clay pit west of Bui Village, 1989

65. Making water storage pots, Dorbour, 1994

66. Spinning cotton thread, Dumboli, 1994

67. Basketry fish trap used by Ewe fishermen, Agbegikrom South, 1982