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.

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

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

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

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

Sankofa

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man tapping Palmwine, couple in sexual embrace, Goldweights, Brass, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast, 18 th 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-19 th century

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

Geometric shapes, Goldweights, Akan, Ghana/Ivory Coast Brass, th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

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