Akan weaver at narrow-strip loom with kente cloth, framed by twelve adinkra symbols at the rim

The Akan Adinkra Symbols

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The Akan Adinkra Symbols – This is how it could look

Framed by twelve adinkra symbols including sankofa, gye-nyame and duafe, an Akan weaver works at a narrow-strip loom on a long kente cloth of coloured stripes. Three dye pots, a stamp tool, two folded cloths and a child with a fan enliven the scene. A respectful tribute to the Akan of Ghana.

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