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21. 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 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

22. 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 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

23. 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 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

24. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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

27. 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 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

28. 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 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

29. 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 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. 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 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