11. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:

Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, two women dance (Ma Millah, center, Adwoa Kupo, right). To the left Yaw Ble plays an antelope antler horn. He wears a strip-woven smock adorned with amulets sewn into leather packets. Two photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Gbao

Subjects:

Amulets; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo

Subjects Facet:

Funeral customs and rites; Dance; West African strip weaving; Rites and ceremonies; Drums (musical instrument)

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-08-08

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.147021, -2.362744

12. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:

Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, Yaw Ble wears a strip-woven smock as he plays an antelope antler horn and dances. To the left, women play calabash rattles and Kwabena Nika plays a double iron gong. Drums that belong to the shrine are played as he dances. Four photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Gbao

Subjects:

Rattles; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo; Horn; Atumpan drums

Subjects Facet:

Gourd, Calabash; Gongs; Drums (musical instrument); Funeral customs and rites; West African strip weaving; Rites and ceremonies

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-08-08

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.147021, -2.362744

13. Funeral celebration, Gbao, 1986

Description:

Gbԑԑnlԑԑ Katoo in Gbao celebrates the funeral of the caretaker of a shrine who was understood to have been killed by the 'fetish' because of harm he allegedly planned against family members. In this case, the funeral involves special forms of drumming, dancing and songs as part of a thanksgiving to the shrine. Here, (left) Yaw Ble plays an antelope antler horn while holding an iron gong in his right hand. He wears a strip-woven smock to which amulets enclosed in leather packets are sewn. Another protective amulet is sewn to the front of his hat. To the right, Kwabena Nika plays a double iron gong with a wooden mallet. Afua Tikya and Abena Donkor (center) look on. Two photos. Gbao, 8 August, 1986.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Gbao

Subjects:

Amulets; Gbԑԑnlԑԑ (Gbeenlee) Katoo; Horn

Subjects Facet:

Gongs; Funeral customs and rites; West African strip weaving; Rites and ceremonies

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1986

Date searchable:

1986-08-08

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Gbao;8.147021, -2.362744

Date Digitized:

2016

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.147021, -2.362744

14. Spindle wrapped with cotton thread, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:

A wooden spindle thickly wrapped with cotton thread rests in a large calabash bowl. The bowl sits on a wooden stool adjacent to the legs of blue plastic chairs on which elder women sit at a Banda Heritage Celebration held at the Banda Cultural Centre. One woman wears a strip-woven textile made with black, white, red and yellow threads. Bottom right is the basket in which she stores her spinning supplies. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2019-06-28

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Banda Cultural Centre; Cotton thread

Subjects Facet:

West African strip weaving; Gourd, Calabash; Textiles; Spinning

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312

Geographic Coordinates:

8.165961, -2.354312

15. Spindles and whorls resting on a strip-woven cloth, Ahenkro, 2019

Description:

Three spindles with painted spindle whorls made in Kokua in 1994 rest on a black-and-white strip-woven cloth worn by a woman attending the Banda Heritage Celebration held at the Banda Cultural Centre. In the past Banda area women used spindles and whorls like these to spin cotton thread. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2019-06-28

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Banda Cultural Centre

Subjects Facet:

West African strip weaving; Textiles; Spinning; Spindle whorls

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312

Geographic Coordinates:

8.165961, -2.354312

16. Banda Heritage Event: Boase Bijam Celebration, 2019

Description:

At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, Nafana people from Boase share customs associated with their wedding celebrations (Bijam). Two young women dressed as brides wear local strip woven cloth and carry walking sticks as they approach the Banda Cultural Centre, accompanied by female relatives and young girls dressed in nubility attire. After circling the event grounds, the girls are seated and the women perform a series of songs and dances accompanied by calabash drums. Men and women well-wishers toss maize kernels in the water of the calabash drums as they dance. Afterwards, the brides, covered by cloth, dance behind an elder relative as other women prepare their path by pouring water from a bucket. Afterwards, locally made grain beer (pito) is poured into a calabash, overflowing to signal that the brides were virgins at the time of their marriage.In a final dance, female relatives dance with a bowl of food, after which gifts are presented to the bride's family. Many of the women wear locally made strip-woven blue-and-white textiles as wraps. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:22:01 minutes.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2019-06-28

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Performance; Nafana (African people)

Subjects Facet:

Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Drums (musical instrument); Heritage

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2019

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital video

Format:

Video

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Language Facet:

Nafaanra; English

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521

Commentary:

Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021

Geographic Coordinates:

8.166006, -2.354521

17. Banda Heritage Event: Kuulo Celebrations, 2019

Description:

At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, Kuulo people from Dompofie share customs associated with their wedding celebrations. A bride and groom accompanied by two girls sit as women sing songs of praise and dance in a circle around them. A pot containing pito (locally brewed grain beer) sits in front of them. The women wear strip-woven local cloth wraps around their waists. In an opening song, the women beat rhythms with calabash gourd drinking bowls as they dance. The gourds are placed in front of the newly married couple after the first dance. After the final dance, the calabash bowls are used to catch overflowing beer poured from the pito pot, signaling that the bride was a virgin when married. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:20:21 minutes.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2019-06-28

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Performance; Kuulo, Dompo (African people)

Subjects Facet:

Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Heritage

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Daniel Kofi Nakpah

Date searchable:

2019

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital video

Format:

Video

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Language Facet:

Dompo; Nafaanra; English

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521

Geographic Coordinates:

8.166006, -2.354521

18. Banda Heritage Event: Ahenkro Celebrations, 2019

Description:

At a day-long celebration of the Banda area's rich cultural heritage at the Banda Cultural Centre in Banda-Ahenkro, people from Ahenkro share Nafana songs and dances associated with with girls' puberty rites (Manaa Ndiom) and wedding celebrations (Bijam). The film opens with photos of girls dressed in Manaa Ndiom attire during the 1995 inauguration of the Banda Cultural Centre. A series of songs and dances performed at the 2019 event follows, accompanied by the rhythms of calabash drums, calabash rattles and, in some cases, a wooden drum. The group is joined in the first song by District Chief Executive Mary Konneh who plays calabash rattles and dances. Seated under the shade of the canopy, Afua Donkor demonstrates how to spin cotton while others sing and dance. Young people can be seen using their cell phones to record the action. Many of the Elder women who perform wear locally made strip-woven blue-and-white textiles as skirt wraps. Ahenkro, 28 June, 2019. Length: 00:15:57 minutes.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

2019-06-28

Subjects:

Performance; Cell phones

Subjects Facet:

Nafana (African people); Dance; Songs; Music; Rites and Ceremonies; Marriage customs and rites; Gourd, Calabash; West African strip weaving; Drums (musical instrument); Rattles; Heritage

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2019

Date searchable:

2019-06-28

Genre Facet:

Digital video

Format:

Video

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Language Facet:

Nafaanra; English

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.166006, -2.354521

Commentary:

Film produced using Adobe Premiere Pro 2021

Geographic Coordinates:

8.166006, -2.354521

19. Bow-shaped tool used to process raw cotton, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:

A bow-shaped tool (klada in Nafaanra) made from flexible wood and taut string rests on a folded handwoven blue-and-white textile called Kyara. Women used the bow to prepare cotton for spinning into thread. After removing seeds from the cotton, they held the bow's string over the fibers. Plucking the string caused cotton fibers to stick to it. By pulling up on the bow, the cotton became fluffed and its fibers aligned, making it easier to spin. The klada and handwoven textiles seen in the picture were among heirloom objects on display as part of a Heritage Day and Olden Times Foods Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre. Ahenkro, 2014-07-31.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects Facet:

Textiles; West African strip weaving; Weaving; Handicraft

Creator:

Amanda L. Logan

Date searchable:

2014

Date searchable:

2014-07-31

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Amanda L. Logan

Language Facet:

Nafaanra

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363

Geographic Coordinates:

8.165892, -2.354363

20. Handwoven textile called Kyara and a spindle with cotton thread, Ahenkro, 2014

Description:

A wooden spindle wrapped with cotton thread rests on top of a folded black-and-white textile made from handwoven cotton strips. Cloth of this design is called Kyara. Hand stiching can be seen along the edges where strips have been sewn together. These were among heirloom objects on display at a Heritage Day and Olden Times Food Fair held at the Banda Cultural Centre with sponsorship by Dr. Amanda L. Logan. Ahenkro, 31 July, 2014.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects Facet:

Textiles; West African strip weaving; Weaving; Handicraft;

Creator:

Amanda L. Logan

Date searchable:

2014

Date searchable:

2014-07-31

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Amanda L. Logan

Language Facet:

Nafaanra

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.165892, -2.354363

Geographic Coordinates:

8.165892, -2.354363