Collective and interpretive openings: perforated Gbe ritual ceramics at local, regional and Diasporic spheres of interpretation

Norman, Neil L.

doi:10.1080/0067270x.2011.609663

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“…Noteworthy, however, is that copper alloy objects—aside from the single figurative object—were not incorporated into shrine clusters (see Table ), somewhat surprising given the social value accorded to copper alloys (Herbert ) and the fact that brass was worked on the mound. Networks to the east and southeast are implied by the perforated vessel, echoing practices documented in archaeological contexts in present‐day Benin and Nigeria (Norman ). Cowries derived from the Indian Ocean appeared as an element of a single shrine cluster, and notably in a period before they became widely circulated as what Hogendorn and Johnson () termed the “Shell Money of the Slave Trade.” The practice of lidding appears as a significant feature of ritualized vessels, a pattern also noted in residential contexts at Ngre Kataa.…”

Section: Repertories Of Ritualizationmentioning

confidence: 64%

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5 Metalworking and Ritualization: Negotiating Change through Improvisational Practice in Banda, Ghana

Stahl

2015

Archaeological Papers of the American

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Villagers of the 15th through mid-16th centuries C.E. in the Banda area of west central Ghana were living in times of change. The Saharan exchange networks that for several centuries had shaped the lives of earlier villagers were to give way by the late 17th century to Atlantic ones. Both offered opportunities (of access to desired goods) and perils (of enslavement). This paper focuses on a metallurgical workshop and the varied ritual practice associated with metalworking as gleaned from residues of stratified depositional practice. A variety of ritualized contexts and object configurations created a scaffolding "meshwork" that animated metallurgical practice, one that was improvised in relation to the broader context of opportunities and perils within which skilled artisans worked. These ritualized configurations were central to how craftsmen calibrated their practice in relation to the shifting global connections and moral terrains of their times. [metalworking, ritualization, improvisation, depositional practice, Ghana, Atlantic trade, Saharan trade]

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Section: Repertories Of Ritualizationmentioning

confidence: 64%

“…A second ritualized context in the middle levels of Mound 6 centered on a perforated earthenware jar (Figure b) located in unit 46N 2W (cf. Norman ). This unique vessel lacked a neck or rim, its distinctive quadrilaterally shaped orifice marked at the corners by clusters of circular punctates.…”

Section: Repertories Of Ritualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%