Forming the base of a clay pot, Dorbour, 1994

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.

Creator

• Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Subject

• Pottery making
• Handicraft

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 31

Keyword

• Headpans
• Potting
• Dorbour
• Women's work
• Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo)
• Forming

Date created

• 1994

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Dorbour

Coordinates

• 8.090342, -2.517137

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1994

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/0218b023-8144-46aa-a82d-6a9bb36027bf