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Akan linguist staffs and Goldweights The Verbal-Visual Nexus

Akan linguist staffs and Goldweights The Verbal-Visual Nexus. Akan Chief, Ghana, 20 th century. Akan linguists, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 20 th century. “The head of an animal does not get lost in soup”, Akan Linguist staff, Ghana, wood and Goldleaf, 20 th century.

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Akan linguist staffs and Goldweights The Verbal-Visual Nexus

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  1. Akan linguist staffs and Goldweights The Verbal-Visual Nexus

  2. Akan Chief, Ghana, 20th century

  3. Akan linguists, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 20th century

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

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

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

  7. “one person does not rule a nation” Akan Linguist staff, Ghana, wood & Goldleaf 20th century.

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

  9. Sankofa

  10. Leopard standing on another Leopard, Goldweights Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 17th-19th century

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

  12. Container, Akan, Ghana Copper alloys, 17th-119th century

  13. Goldweights with conventionalized Arabic and Roman characters Brass with copper plugs, 15th-17th century,

  14. Goldweights representing animals, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast Brass, 17th-19th century

  15. Avian (Bird) Imagery, Goldweights, brass, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast 17th-19th century

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

  17. 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

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

  19. Geometric shapes, Goldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast Brass, 17-19th century

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

  21. Pangolin, Goldweight, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, brass 17th-19th century

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

  23. Goldweights representing stools and game boards, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast 17th-19th century

  24. Running Man, Goldweight, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast Brass, 17th-18th century

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

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

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