Water storage jars, Bondakile, 1994

Narrow-necked clay jars like these were ideal for storing water. The exterior surface of these water jars (chͻkoo in Nafaanra) has been textured by rolling a cord-wrapped stick (jar on the left) or a maize cob (jar on the right) across the surface and otherwise decorated with shallow grooved lines. The narrow opening inhibits evaporation while the porous fired clay walls keep the water cool. Bondakile, 1994.

Creator

• Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Subject

• Water
• Pottery

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 32

Keyword

• Jars
• Water pots (chokoo)
• Water storage
• Maize cob roulette
• Decoration

Date created

• 1994

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

• 1994

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/fac6a397-b841-4d57-af4d-84e4a36fd638