Placing Atakpame balls, Dompofie, 1982

A skilled builder (Akwasi Nyua Tonyaa) places atakpame balls on the previously laid and dried course of earthen wall. He carefully molds the moist earthen ball to the dry course to ensure a strong wall. Dompofie, September, 1982.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Building, Clay
• Housing

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 33

Keyword

• Atakpame
• Techniques

Date created

• 1982-09

Relation

•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/0947e45a-7f82-4140-940f-2fdab7d40d0c
•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/95e39d55-f667-4009-8ab7-1215e3a72462

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Dompofie

Coordinates

• 8.148574, -2.367172

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1982

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