simple ink for wooden tablets
Senegal
Source: Ogorodnikova, Darya. (2020). Chapter 2: Material aspect of manuscripts.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
burned groundnuts peals (tìgá kórómè), soot (finpi), water, sugar, honey (yáagè)
Preparation Steps
A student prepares this ink by combining either burned groundnut peels or soot collected from the bottom of cooking pots with water. Sugar or honey is added as a binder to the mixture (p. 51).
Original Recipe Text
A student prepares this ink by combining either burned groundnut peels or soot collected from the bottom of cooking pots with water. Sugar or honey is added as a binder to the mixture (p. 51).
Evidence
"For writing on wooden tablets (wáláhà), a simple ink is prepared by a student using burned groundnuts peals (tìgá kórómè) or soot from the bottom of cooking pots (finpi) combined with water and sugar or honey (yáagè)."
Remarks
This ink is specifically designed to be 'easily erasable' to facilitate the reuse of wooden tablets (wáláhà) by pupils (p. 51).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
field interviews
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
BinderHoney (Humectant)
ColorBlack
RegionSenegal
Source Information
AuthorOgorodnikova, Darya.
CollectionQur’anic schools (kàràntáa)
Language
N/A
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