Finishing the corner edge of a raffia mat (slow motion)

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.30776744

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posted on 2025-12-05, 16:46 authored by Alexander Owusu

Exported from an ELAN annotation file, this document provides time codes for gestures as Nafana mat weaver Alexander Owusu weaves the end of the finishing pass on a raffia mat (dɛŋglɛ) in this slow-motion video (50%). Weaving gestures refer to Table 7 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 ki jenu yire tini mbra ki foto woni brɛmm

Cultural group

Nafana

Participants

Patrick Mensah, Enoch 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

Weaving the finishing pass of a raffia mat

Date of creation

2022-07-27

Unique ID

2020LG05-MM09-0389