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

2. Akan Chief, Ghana, 20 th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Sankofa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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