Collage painting Millet Pounding 2010

Artist: K. Fall

Stretched oil on canvas and collage

Height: 12 inches

Width: 6 inches

Description:

Making “toh” – a kind of thick millet porridge which is the staple food in this part of Mali called Djiguibombo.

Aminata and her sister have been making “toh” for her whole family since her mom died some years ago. The millet is pounded into flour by hand in an enormous mortar and pestle.