Pottery firing techniques, Bondakile, Adadiem and Dorbour, 1982, 1994

This short Banda Heritage video made from still photographic images illustrates the firing techniques of Banda-area potters. It shows examples of bonfire firing and post-firing treatment of vessels in a solution of pounded bark. Images include a 1982 sequence following Mo potters in Bondakile and 1994 images of Nafana potters in Adadiem and Dorbour, featuring Afua Donkor and Yaa Nsiah Adiemu from the latter. Original images used to make the video are available in the Banda Through Time Repository. Bondakile, 1982. Adadiem, Dorbour, 1994. Length: 4.22 minutes.

Creator

• Elisa O'Malley

Contributors

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl
• Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Subject

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

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Language

• English

Keyword

• Potting
• Water jars
• Women's work
• Bonfire
• Grinding bowls

Date created

• 2019-04-18

Relation

•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/a3074804-0653-4e02-af15-9ccc8beb06df
•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/18060668-f381-4be6-935d-e6afe60e3b19
•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/bd0aff6d-f1de-4ffe-887d-fcf7b98f357f

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Adadiem
• Dorbour
• Bondakile

Coordinates

• 8.090342, -2.517137
• 7.986031, -2.546331
• 8.082874, -2.552821

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• Digital video

Technical note

• Video made from still images in Adobe Premier by Elisa O'Malley

Year

• 1982
• 1984

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/ae0adce7-fbc5-4bb6-8355-91264524175c