Akan linguist staffs and GoldweightsThe Verbal-Visual Nexus

Akan Chief,Ghana,20th century

Akan linguists, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 20th century

“The head of an animal does not get lost in soup”,Akan Linguist staff, Ghana, wood and Goldleaf, 20th century.

“Paddling the boat on both sides makes it go straight”,Akan Linguist staff, Ghana, wood and Goldleaf, 20th cent.

“It is the rightful owner of the food who gets to eat it”,Akan linguist staff, Ghana, painted wood, 20th century.

“one person does not rule a nation”Akan Linguist staff, Ghana, wood & Goldleaf20th century.

Sankofa,“There is nothing wrong from learning from hindsight”, Akan, Ghana, Wood & Goldleaf, 20th century

Sankofa

Leopard standing on another Leopard, GoldweightsAkan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 17th-19th century

Bushcow and Elephant, Goldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast,Brass, 17th-19th century

Container,Akan, GhanaCopper alloys,17th-119th century

Goldweights with conventionalized Arabic and Roman charactersBrass with copper plugs, 15th-17th century,

Goldweights representing animals, Akan, Ghana/Ivory CoastBrass, 17th-19th century

Avian (Bird) Imagery, Goldweights, brass, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast17th-19th century

Man tapping Palmwine, couple in sexual embrace, Goldweights,Brass, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 18th century

Man carrying palmwine; man on horse back with a spear; woman with a bowl on her head and a child on her back—Goldweights,Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, brass, 17th-19th century

Man playing drums; man with a side blown trumpetGoldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, brass, 17-19th century

Geometric shapes, Goldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory CoastBrass, 17-19th century

Two persons on a stool; woman regarding herself in a mirror; man on a stoolHolding a parasol, Goldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 17th century

Pangolin, Goldweight, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, brass17th-19th century

Goldweights representing artifacts, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, brass, 17th-19th century

Goldweights representing stools and game boards, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast17th-19th century

Running Man, Goldweight, Akan, Ghana/Ivory CoastBrass, 17th-18th century

Memorial head,Akan, Ghana,Terracotta,17th-19th century

Memorial head,Akan, Ghana,Terracotta,17th-19th century