Adding new weft strands in weaving a raffia mat

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.30776906

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posted on 2025-12-05, 16:47 authored by Alexander Owusu

Exported from an ELAN annotation file, this document provides time codes for gestures in slow motion (50%) as Nafana mat weaver Alexander Owusu adds new strands as he weaves a raffia mat (dɛŋglɛ). Weaving gestures refer to Table 5 in "Making of a Raffia Palm Mat (Dɛŋglɛ), Sabiye, Banda District, Bono Region, Ghana." Sabiye, Banda District, Ghana.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

2020LG05-MM01-0218

Rights owner

Ann Brower Stahl

Title alt

Imi na pe ka soi ki nyu yii haa kre na

Cultural group

Nafana

Participants

Patrick Mensah, Ann Brower Stahl

Country

Ghana

Place

Sabiye, Banda District, Bono Region

Item/object

Raffia mat

Techniques of production

Woven-finger-woven, Woven-plain weave

Materials

Fibre-raffia palm fibre

Materials alt

gbandaa

Cultural context/event

Material culture documentation

Location

Home

Intent

Adding new strands to an in-progress raffia mat

Date of creation

2022-07-22

Unique ID

2020LG05-MM08-0359