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41. 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

42. Newly fired clay jars, Bondakile, 1982

Description:
Clay pottery jars cool and dry after having been fired and dipped in a finishing bark solution. Once fully cooled, the jars will be stacked and stored before being sent to markets around the area. Jars like these (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) are used to prepare food, for example boiling yams and other tubers. To the right rear, wood is stored on a raised platform, awaiting use in cooking hearths. Bondakile, October, 1982.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Bondakile
Subjects:
Potting; Cooking pots (sro cho); Jars
Subjects Facet:
Food preparation; Pottery making; Pottery; Firewood
Identifier:
28
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
1982
Date searchable:
1982-10
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Location(s):
Bondakile;7.986031, -2.546331
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
7.986031, -2.546331

43. Members of Gbaŋmbԑ Katoo, Sanwa, 1986

Description:
Members of Gbaŋmbɛ Katoo demonstrate the use of a (partially constructed) balo or xylophone (sinyeele in Nafaanra). The instrument is played at special funerals, including those of the paramount chief. A calabash with a small hole lies beneath the instrument. Together with other calabashes of graded size (small to large), it serves as the instrument's resonating chamber when fully assembled. By striking the sinyeele's wooden keys with a mallet, a range of musical notes are produced by the differently sized calabashes. Nyua Kwadwo (male family head) holds the mallets he uses to play the sinyeele. On each wrist he wears an iron bangle or bracelet with metal jangles. To the left, a family member plays a drum made from a clay pot. Sanwa, 6 August, 1986.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17506 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16696
Location(s) Facet:
Sanwa
Subjects:
Family history; Gbaŋmbɛ [Gbangmbe] Katoo
Subjects Facet:
Drums (musical instrument); Music; Balo; Bangles; Funeral customs and rites; Oral history; Gourd, Calabash; Pottery; Xylophone
Creator:
Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl; James Anane
Date searchable:
1986
Date searchable:
1986-08-06
Genre:
35 mm slide
Genre Facet:
35 mm slide
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Sanwa;8.142199, -2.372039
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:
8.142199, -2.372039

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Houses and courtyards, Adadiem, 1994

Description:
A view across a compound courtyard toward the courtyard of a neighboring house. Several hearths have clay pots resting on their hearth stones (gbunu in Nafaanra). Two wooden mortars are nearby. The house in the distance is made of sun-dried blocks, with one side of the house roofed with metal and the other side thatch. The ground is clear of plants and clean swept. Adadiem, 1994.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Adadiem
Subjects:
Adadiem
Subjects Facet:
Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Pottery; Bricks; Hearths
Identifier:
33
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

49. 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

50. Carrying a clay pot by bicycle, Banda, 1994

Description:
A man transports a clay pot, carefully strapped to the back of his bicycle and cushioned beneath by coiled grass leaves. He is returning from one of the potting villages where hs has purchased the clay jar from a potter. More often, pottery was taken to markets by headloading, sometimes sold by potters, but also by women who traded in clay pots. Banda area, 1994.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:
Banda
Subjects:
Potting; Marketing; Jars
Subjects Facet:
Bicycles; Markets; Pottery; Transportation
Identifier:
10
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):
Banda
Date Digitized:
2016
People Facet:
Dr. M. Dores Cruz
Commentary:
Slide scanned by Veronique Plante