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Digging soil for making daub

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posted on 2025-12-05, 16:43 authored by Zonke Dedei Guddah
Builder Kwadwo David Manoo uses a shovel to dig earth from the bottom of a deep pit for use in making daub for a wattle frame structure being built on the grounds of the Banda Cultural Centre. He tosses the soil out of the pit onto surrounding ground. Builder Kwabena Donkor uses a bucket to pour water onto the soil in preparation for mixing and kneading it. Banda-Ahenkro, Banda District, Ghana.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Ann Brower Stahl

Cultural group

Nafana

Participants

Kwadwo David Manoo, Kwabena Donkor

Country

Ghana

Place

Banda-Ahenkro, Banda District, Bono Region

Materials

Soil, Daub

Cultural context/event

Building

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2023-03-29

Unique ID

2020LG05-SA05-0507