31. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.090342, -2.517137

32. 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

33. Women preparing food, Ahenkro, 1986

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

34. Children playing, New Yam Festival, Ahenkro, 1982

Description:

The New Yam Festival (Finyjie Lie in Nafaanra) is a day of celebration for everyone, including children. Here children gather under the shade of a large tree around play hearths made with stones and clay where they are preparing for their own celebration. The thatched roofs of nearby houses appear in the background. 30 August, 1982, Ahenkro.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Children; New Yam Festival; Finyjie Lie (Festival)

Subjects Facet:

Thatched roofs; Play

Identifier:

5

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1982

Date searchable:

1982-08-30

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.164906, -2.355708

35. Woman pumping water, Ahenkro, 1990

Description:

A variety of charitable funding organizations sponsored the drilling of boreholes in villages across the Banda area from the late 1980s. Prior to this, families depended on local streams and rivers for water. Here a woman fills a headpan using a pump on the south side of Ahenkro. The thatched roofs of surrounding compounds are visible in the background. Ahenkro, June-July, 1990.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16800 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17181

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Boreholes; Headpans; Women's work

Subjects Facet:

Thatched roofs; Water pumps; Water wells; Water

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1990

Date searchable:

1990-06/07

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163219, -2.356356

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163219, -2.356356

36. Women preparing food, Dorbour, 1994

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

37. Collapsed walls of a house, Sabiye, 1994

Description:

The earthen walls of a house on one side of a multi-room compound have collapsed, the walls filling in the area that was once the house floor. The thatched roofs of other rooms around the open courtyard can be seen in the background. Sabiye, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

1994

Location(s) Facet:

Sabiye

Subjects Facet:

Housing; Building, Clay; Walls; Thatched roofs

Creator:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Sabiye;8.068359, -2.352164

Date Digitized:

2016

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.068359, -2.352164