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Replica gold weight of cast bronze in the form of a mother and child, attached to a wood base. The mother has rounded eyes, upraised brows that extend down into the nose, and a slim mouth, with rings are her neck. She has a conical hat and is sitting down. The child has similar facial features and is feeding from the mother's left breast.
A metal spoon that has a round bowl, and a handle with an elaborate geometric pattern of a row of diamond or zigzag shapes.
Three-stepped metal isosceles triangle with a curved piece around the shorter side near each end.
Circular metal piece with an upraised design that consists of a double-outlined cross-like shape that has a central circle around which, there are four equally spaced inward pointing arrow-like shapes with one in each quadrant.
Octagonal, flat metal piece with a design that consists of three bow-tie-like shapes that are vertically side-by-side.
Rectangular piece of light olive green paper with black printing on one side. Print has both graphics and text. At the top of the page in the middle, the title reads: "ADINKRA SYMBOLISM" and is followed by paragraphs of small printed text. There are 60 different Adinkra symbols drawn on the page, in four vertical rows of rectangular boxes that have both a symbol on the left side and a paragraph of small printed text on the right side. In the centre, there is a larger rectangular graphic entitled: "ADINKRA CLOTH" that shows a drawing of an example of an Adinkra textile, with geometric rectangular bands on the perimeter and triangular and circular forms in the centre.
Fertility figure (akuaba) with a flat, disc-shaped head, which has a high oval forehead, curved upraised brows, small horizontal oval eyes with a horizontal slit along the middle, a long vertical nose, and a small mouth at the bottom of the face. Multiple thin rings are carved around the neck. The arms are truncated off with small pointed breasts below. The lower half of the body is cylindrical with a navel and ends with a base at the bottom.
A small carving of a bird with its elongated neck curved so that its beak touches the middle of its back. The eyes, and the beak are accentuated carved to accentuate these features. The back has grooved lines indicating feathers and is also carved with a diamond-shaped pattern on the upper part of its back. The horizontally flat upward angled tail has three grooved lines on top and one grooved line on each side. Carved standing on a circular pedestal with an incised triangular pattern all around the sides. Incised line patterns.
Seven carved pattern stamps for textiles. Each stamp has a series of sticks along the backside of the outer edge from which they taper to a point where they are tied together with multi-coloured cloth pieces. The first stamp (part a) has a design consisting of a triangle with a jagged outer edge on one side and two lines curling inward at the more double-pointed end. The second stamp (part b) has a design consisting of an s-swirl pattern. The third stamp (part c) has a design consisting of double v's pointing toward the centre to create an x-shape. The fourth stamp (part d) has a design consisting of four jagged-edges diamond shapes at each corner. The fifth stamp (part e) has a design consisting of a sun-like shape with two circles at the centre, from which rays emanate. The sixth stamp (part f) has a design consisting of a four-legged cross-shaped swirl pattern. The last stamp (part g) has a design consisting of four lines curling inward at each corner.
Large spoon with thin deep sides around bowl of spoon and handle. Sides flare slightly outwards. Circular design at the bottom of bowl of spoon.