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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
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

Description:: A partially enclosed courtyard area of a house, with wall stubs of a collapsed room (right). One set of rooms was built with sun-dried blocks, then plastered and roofed with metal sheets. The other building is also plastered, but roofed with thatch. Two hearths are located in the courtyard and each building has a metal barrel used to store water. A headpan filled calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) sits near one water barrel. A wooden mortar (left) is turned upside down, likely to protect it from foraging goats. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Headpans; Water barrels
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Housing; Building, Clay; Hearths
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

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
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.082874, -2.552821

Description:: Women in the central courtyard of a house compound in Ahenkro prepare the evening meal. A woman seated in the foreground readies dishes while women in the background cook over clustered hearths. A number of low stools are placed amidst a variety of metal, plastic and fired clay containers including buckets and pots. Calabash bowls (chrԑgbͻͻ in Nafaanra) are among the containers being used. A repurposed metal drum (center, back) holds water for household purposes. A raised platform is stacked with firewood brought by the women from farm and stored until needed. Thatch- and metal-roofed rooms surround the courtyard. Ahenkro, July-August, 1986.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Metal pots; Plastic containers; Water barrels; Women's work
Subjects Facet:: Food preparation; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Gourd, Calabash; Courtyards; Firewood; Hearths
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1986
Date searchable:: 1986-07/08
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164591, -2.355672
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164591, -2.355672

Description:: Kitchen area of a household in Dorbour. Several hearths are clustered in the center of the open courtyard surrounded by low wooden stools. Several wooden mortars of varying sizes and a number of pestles are clustered along a porch. Pottery and metal pots used in cooking are near the hearth. A goat forages for food amid the hearths. Large vessels to the far left store liquid (water, or possibly pito, locally made beer). The courtyard is surrounded by thatch- and metal-roofed rooms. Dorbour, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dorbour
Subjects:: Metal pots; Pito
Subjects Facet:: Goats; Food preparation; Stools; Thatched roofs; Mortars & pestles; Metal roofing; Courtyards; Pottery; Housing; Hearths
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):: Dorbour;8.090342, -2.517137
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.090342, -2.517137

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