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Plate IA Bauxite: Top: Forming bead blanks from the rough stone at Abompe, Ghana. Bottom: Using a bow drill to perforate the beads (all photos by the author unless otherwise noted). Plate IB Bauxite: Top: Boadu carrying a load of dug bauxite (courtesy: Emily Henke, Global Mamas). Bottom: Bauxite chips in a crack in the rock floor of the large Abompe cave. Plate IC Bauxite: Top: Boulder of dark stone with a 60-cm-long polishing surface. Bottom: The largest polishing stone, 4 meters long, close to the larger Abompe cave. Plate ID Bauxite: Top: Digger Sam at the mouth of his pit. Bottom: Sam’s partner, Boadu, digging bauxite using a digging stick with a chisel-like blade (courtesy: Emily Henke, Global Mamas).
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