Interior of a courtyard house, Makala, 1994

The interior of a courtyard house surrounded by thatch-roofed rooms. Houses like this were often built over time, with rooms added as needed, gradually enclosing the interior courtyard. The compound in this photo is fully enclosed, with a doorway to the exterior visible in the center, back. Four hearths are visible in the courtyard, surrounded by a variety of metal vessels used in food preparation and other daily activities. Left, a pestle lies on the ground surrounded by groundnut (peanut, boŋgrɛ in Nafaanra) shells. Makala, July, 1994.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Food preparation
• Mortars & pestles
• Thatched roofs
• Courtyard houses
• Hearths

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 26

Keyword

• Groundnuts (peanuts)
• Headpans
• Metal pots

Date created

• 1994-07

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Makala

Coordinates

• 8.142358, -2.383358

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1994

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