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41. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
42. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
43. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
44. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
45. Mixing potting clay, Dorbour, 1994
- Description:
- Yakosua, a Nafana potter, mixes sifted potting clay with water in preparation for making a batch of clay pots. One large metal pot (left) contains the pounded, sifted clay and the other (right) contains water that she mixes with the clay. She mixes the two in a headpan, kneading the clay to achieve the right consistency for making pots. Dorbour, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dorbour
- Subjects:
- Women's work; Metal pots; Clay; Dorbour; Headpans; Potting
- Subjects Facet:
- Pottery making
- 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
46. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
47. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
48. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
49. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
50. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
51. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.090342, -2.517137
52. Ann Stahl near Bongase clay pit, 1990
- Description:
- During the 20th century, potting took place primarily in villages west of the Banda hills (Dorbour, Dumboli, Bondakile). But based on oral histories and archaeological evidence we know that pottery was made more widely across the area in earlier centuries. Here Ann Stahl makes notes on an old clay pit located east of the Ahenkro-Bongase road a short distance south of Bongase. Chuli mountain is visible in the distance. Tall grass characteristic of the rainy season covers the area. South of Bongase, 1990.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Bongase
- Subjects:
- Potting; Chuli; Vegetation; Savanna woodland
- Subjects Facet:
- Pottery making; Clay mining; Landscapes; Mountains; Grasses
- Creator:
- Andrew Black
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1990
- Date searchable:
- 1990
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Bongase;8.219437, -2.311567
- Date Digitized:
- 2016
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.219437, -2.311567
53. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
54. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
55. 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
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 7.986031, -2.546331
56. 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
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.288707, -2.279565
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