Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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A small open basket, which is round at the mouth and square at the base. Body weave of the basket is over one/under one. There are six coloured strands woven into the body of the basket. There is a band of red between two bands of dark brown, with each band of colour made up of two strands of bark. The rim of the basket has a different weave pattern and is thicker than the body. The square base is of the same weave as the body, made from wider strands of bark than the body.
Tall round oblong basket with handles. Bottom of basket is rectangular in shape. As weaving goes higher, corners are more rounded, creating an oval shape at the lip of the basket. Body weave of the basket is over one/under one. There are ten coloured strands woven into the body of the basket. They are red and black and alternate in an every other pattern in groups of five. The lip of the basket is done in a different weave pattern than the body of the basket. The handles are long. They are double twisted and secured through two holes in the body of the basket and green thread is used to tie them off.
Tall round oblong basket with handles. Bottom of basket is rectangular in shape. As weaving goes higher, corners are more rounded, creating an oval shape at the lip of the basket. Body weave of the basket is over one/under one. There are twelve coloured strands woven into the body of the basket. They are red and black and alternate in an every other pattern. The lip of the basket is done in a different weave pattern than the body of the basket. The handles are long. They are double twisted and secured through two holes in the body of the basket and orange thread is used to tie them off.
Tall round oblong basket with handles. Bottom of basket is rectangular in shape. As weaving goes higher, corners are more rounded, creating an oval shape at the lip of the basket. Body weave of the basket is over one/under one. There are twelve coloured strands woven into the body of the basket. They are red and black and alternate in an every other pattern in groups of six. The lip of the basket is done in a different weave pattern than the body of the basket. The handles are long. They are double twisted and secured through two holes in the body of the basket and orange thread is used to tie them off.
Small goat horn spoon. The bowl is shallow, long and narrow, with curving sides that bulge slightly at midpoint. The tip inclines. The handle and bowl are made from a single piece of horn, flowing from the bowl’s bottom, and at a sharp angle on neck top. The handle is slightly curved, and narrows toward the tip. The spoon is undecorated.
Small painted wooden spoon. The handle is carved into the shape of a fish, with a brown painted fluke and a small dorsal fin. Painted-on designs are side fins, dorsal decorations of lines and dots, the jaw line and mouth. Large teeth have been carved and emphasized with red paint. Small round eyes have also been carved and painted dark brown. In its mouth the fish grasps the bowl of the spoon, which is carved of the same piece of wood. The bowl is thick in the centre and thin at the edges and is undecorated. This spoon is carved in a light hardwood.
Large wooden whistle. Whistle is made of two pieces of wood, a back and a front, joined together at the sides. The mouth is oval in shape, with windway set inside. The neck is wrapped with strips of bark. The blade is long and slanted, rising to meet the shoulder, where many thin pieces of bark are wrapped to aid in the whistle’s joining. The body widens after the shoulder, and thin cotton thread is wrapped near the bottom. The wood has been shaved and worked to create a rounded end.
Yellow textile, printed with repetitive black, white, green, orange and red, star design interspersed with ‘50’ motif , also including the text ‘Ghana Championing African Excellence’. The textile also has a tan border, featuring a repetitive motif design. The side edges are raw and un-hemmed, the top and bottom edges are finished. The top edge also features the words ‘guaranteed superb prints rsp 4615A’. The bottom edge features the words ‘Akosombo textiles limited’ with a motif of the letters ‘ATL’.
Staff made of a solid piece of rounded wood, tapering slightly toward the bottom. A silver grip crowns the top of the staff and is decorated with incised designs of plants, trees, and lines. Several narrow silver bands encircle the staff, some with incised linear decoration. A thick, braided silver wire criss-crosses down the length of the staff with a silver cross dangling at its end. The bottom of the stick is encased in a sheet of undecorated metal that narrows to a sharp tip.
Panel 17 in a series of 20 panels. Drawing of the right side of the beak of a Thunderbird transformation mask, the rest of which is seen in 2980/16. This internal view shows a creature with a curving nose and headpiece, and a large eye surrounded by red, green and black decorations. Several green and black ridges decorate the creature’s torso. Two of the mask’s controlling strings attach to the torso, and are coloured red-brown. The background of the drawing is a monochromatic landscape of forest and cut trees. Covered with plexi frame.