Source [1,2,4]: @britishmuseum
Source [3,5,6]: “Religion and art in Ashanti” by Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland), 1881-1938. Viewed on @internetarchive
Source notes [1,2,4]: “Pottery vase and three small vases which are inverted to form a tripod hearth; painted red, white and black. Production date 1935. Height: 6 cm (lid), Height: 40 cm (vessel), Width: 12 cm (lid), Width: 39 cm (vessel), Depth: 12 cm (lid), Depth: 39 cm (vessel)”
Source notes [3,5,6]: “The sixth day is most important; it is the sora day, which means literally ‘the day of rising’. A rough temporary hut has already been made on the outskirts of the town, consisting of four uprights with forked ends, across which other sticks are placed, forming a kind of roof which is spread over with branches of summe. Underneath is placed a pestle and mortar, a strainer, three cooking hearthstones (bukyia), a new pot, and a spoon…Some of the meat of the sacrifice is cooked on the spot, and other food prepared in the utensils that had been placed at the sora hut. A pot is now produced, the abusua kuruwa, i.e. the family pot (see Fig. 66) [image 3]. This pot generally has a lid or cover which has been fashioned to represent the dead; it has frequently also red and white and black stripes.”
