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