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An Ashanti 'speaker' holding his staff of office, a local adaptation of staffs introduced by European traders on the Gold Coast since the C 16th
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An Ashanti 'speaker' holding his staff of office, ...

Among the Akan cultures of the Lagoon region of Southeast Ivory Coast, such as the Attie and Ebrie, similar figures were used by diviners to symbolize their links to spirits, as spirit lovers by other...
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Among the Akan cultures of the Lagoon region of So...

An Ashanti 'speaker' holding his staff of office, a local adaptation of staffs introduced by European traders on the Gold Coast since the C 16th
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An Ashanti 'speaker' holding his staff of office, ...

Among some southern Akan groups it was customary to honour the memory of members of the royal lineage by erecting clusters of fired clay heads representing the dead man and his retainers
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Among some southern Akan groups it was customary t...

Okomfo Anokye's sword which was driven into the ground at Kumasi with such force that the legend grew this was to be the site of the imperial city after the union of the Akan kingdoms
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Okomfo Anokye's sword which was driven into the gr...

This figure showing a mother seated on a typical Akan stool, nursing her baby, acknowledges the nurturing power of women
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This figure showing a mother seated on a typical A...

Among some southern Akan groups it was customary to honour the memoryof members of the royal lineage by erecting clusters of fired clay heads representing the dead man and his retainers
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Among some southern Akan groups it was customary t...

Among some southern Akan groups it was customary to honour the memory of members of the royal lineage by erecting clusters of fired clay heads representing the dead man and his retainers
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Among some southern Akan groups it was customary t...

Cult knife used in circumcision rites or for tribal markings
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Cult knife used in circumcision rites or for triba...

A terracotta head of a type called Krinjabo after a C17th kingdom
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A terracotta head of a type called Krinjabo after ...

House door carved in relief
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House door carved in relief

Bronze weight used for weighing gold dust, used as a currency in the Baule region
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Bronze weight used for weighing gold dust, used as...

Among some southern Akan groups it was customary to honour the memory of members of the royal lineage by erecting clusters of fired clay heads representing the dead man and his retainers
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Among some southern Akan groups it was customary t...

Among some southern Akan groups it was customary to honour the memory of members of the royal lineage by erecting clusters of fired clay heads representing the dead man and his retainers
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Among some southern Akan groups it was customary t...

Akan terracotta head used in royal funerary memorials
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Akan terracotta head used in royal funerary memori...

The helmet (crown) of the King of Kumasi
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The helmet (crown) of the King of Kumasi

Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabuand two members of his court
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Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabuand two members o...

Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabuand two members of his court with their insignia of office
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Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabuand two members o...

Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabu
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Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabu

Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabu
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Nana Amonu X, Omanhene of Anomabu

Like the more common heads, these fired clay figures were erected in memory of members of the royal lineage in the southern Akan region
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Like the more common heads, these fired clay figur...