Potters place the pounded bark of specific trees (surom, layene, koko or lakroas they are known in Nafaanra) in water to create a solution used to finish pots. The red-colored solution carbonizes on the surface of hot pots just removed from the bonfire. Here, the prepared solution awaits as the pots are being fired. A plastic container floats on the surface. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Handicraft
• Firing (Ceramics)
• Pottery
• Pottery making

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 20

Keyword

• Finishing
• Plastic containers
• Potting
• Jars

Date created

• 1982-10

Relation

•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/f6b4a0b1-43a0-4efd-a8e4-427d3091de70

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Bondakile

Coordinates

• 7.986031, -2.546331

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1982

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/4669569a-1128-412c-969c-67c608a6fee7

Thumbnail	Title	Date Uploaded	Actions
	ABS_1982-10_Bondakile_PotteryFiring_Banda279_edit.jpg	2019-03-26	Private	Press to Select an action Download