{ "instructions": [ { "date": [ { "earliest": 1999, "value": "1999-07-14", "latest": 1999, "primary": true } ], "note": "EOWEN", "instruction": "amber", "type": "HANDLING STATUS" } ], "note": [ { "type": "catalogue note", "value": "Oral history links the origin of the Adinkra symbols to Gyaman, an Abron kingdom founded in the late 18th century in an an area that is now part of north eastern Ivory Coast and north western Ghana. Legend has it that King Adinkira of Gyaman wore cloth printed with special symbols. But he angered King Bonsu Panyin of the Ashanti by making a copy of the Ashanti golden stool and refusing to relinquish it. King Adinkira was killed in the ensuing battle but his son Apau was captured and agreed to reveal the secrets of the cloth printing in return for his life. The Ashanti people claimed the right to use the special symbols whose precise origins are unknown, although they are thought to be show Muslim, Moorish and Benin influences." } ], "loan": { "value": "N" }, "subject": [ { "summary": { "title": "Adinkra symbols" }, "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "learning subject" } ], "attribution": { "attributor": "Learning Section" } }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-subject-245", "id": "subject-245", "uuid": "94341bce-1715-3adf-a332-cabf09ac550e" }, "@entity": "reference" } ], "description": [ { "type": "catalogue description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Has the symbol Bi-nka-bi - \u2018I offend no one without a cause\u2019 and means Bite not one another. Avoid conflicts; symbol of unity. \n\n\n\nMORE BOOKS:\n Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nSymbols of Africa. - Heike Owusu. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 0 8069 2871 9\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)", "primary": true }, { "type": "original description", "value": "." }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 1999, "value": "1999", "latest": 1999, "primary": true } ], "source": "Mellor, Mary", "type": "Find Out File", "value": "This cotton cloth is decorated with hand printed patterns. In the past these cloths were worn as a sign of mourning. The printing stamps are carved from pieces of calabash with a handle made of three slivers of wood tied with thread. The dye is made by boiling pieces of bark with iron to produce a thick black liquid. The cloth is divided by drawing lines using a special comb dipped in the dye and the spaces are filled with designs made by dipping the stamps into the dye and pressing them onto the cloth. Each adinkra stamp has a name and a meaning e.g. Forgiveness - Turn the other cheek: Moon and star - faithfulness. Adinkra patterns appear on modern cloth and wooden adinkra stamps are carved as decorative pieces for the home." }, { "historical": true, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Bought in 1977\n\nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "historical": true, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Bought in 1977\n\nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\nOLD DESCRIPTION FROM THE USE FIELD:This cotton cloth is decorated with hand printed patterns. In the past these cloths were worn as a sign of mourning. The printing stamps are carved from pieces of calabash with a handle made of three slivers of wood tied with thread. The dye is made by boiling pieces of bark with iron to produce a thick black liquid. The cloth is divided by drawing lines using a special comb dipped in the dye and the spaces are filled with designs made by dipping the stamps into the dye and pressing them onto the cloth. Each adinkra stamp has a name and a meaning e.g. Forgiveness - Turn the other cheek: Moon and star - faithfulness. Adinkra patterns appear on modern cloth and wooden adinkra stamps are carved as decorative pieces for the home.\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "type": "manufacture basic (online)", "value": "Textiles of this kind have patterns that are stamped onto cotton fabric which were originally locally grown and woven but which are now often factory made and imported. The traditional 'stamp' is a piece of gourd shell (hard skinned fruit from the squash and pumpkin plant family) with an adinkra pattern carved into it. Three sticks are inserted into the back of the stamp in a pyramid shape to serve as a handle which is held between the thumb and the forefinger. The traditional stamp dye is made from the bark of the Badie tree which is boiled with lumps of iron slag. The village of Asokwa was the Ashanti king's official printing centre." }, { "type": "manufacture more (online)", "value": "Adinkra printing is thought to date back to the early 19th century when it would have been printed onto locally hand woven white cotton strips sewn together to make a toga sized cloth. The cloth was sometimes dyed to a russet brown colour, a mourning colour, using bark from the Kuntunkuni tree. Bark from the Badie tree was used to make the stamp dye. The inner bark, of soft reddish fibre, was pounded with a mortar and pestle and then boiled in water for several hours before being discarded. Iron slag was then added to the coloured water which was re-boiled until most of the liquid evaporated leaving a thick dark sludge. \n\nThe Adinkra symbols are carved into the gourd (Calabash) shell by a skilled carver. If it is not well carved, the stamp will not print clearly or cleanly. The dry cloth is stretched over printing boards either on a table or on the ground. Sometimes wooden combs are dipped in the stamp dye and are used to draw lines which divide the cloth into rectangles. Then the gourd stamps are used to apply the Adinkra symbols into the rectangles. Several different symbols may be used on one cloth. The gourd stamp is dipped into water after each use to ensure a fresh clean print. \n\nNowadays factory made calico cloth may be used but the symbols are still stamped by hand using pieces of gourd and Badie tree dye. Less expensive cloth is also available which is machine stamped using chemical dyes." }, { "historical": true, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Bought in 1977\n\nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\nMORE BOOKS: Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "historical": true, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Bought in 1977\n\nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\n\nMORE BOOKS:\n Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nSymbols of Africa. \u2013 Heike Owusu. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 0 8069 2871 9\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "attribution": { "attributor": "Graves, Amy" }, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Has the symbol Bi-nka-bi - \u2018I offend no one without a cause\u2019 and means Bite not one another. Avoid conflicts; symbol of unity. Bought in 1977\n\nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\n\nMORE BOOKS:\n Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nSymbols of Africa. - Heike Owusu. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 0 8069 2871 9\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "historical": true, "type": "use", "value": "Traditional cloth worn by Ashanti people at funerals." }, { "historical": true, "type": "use", "value": "There are about 400 known Adinkra symbols but the meanings of some of them have been lost over time. The symbols are stylized drawings of everyday objects, animals, plants, and even historic hairstyles! Their meanings often reflect proverbs, beliefs, sentiments and advice. For example, Funtunfunafu is four crocodile heads sharing one body and reminds us of the need for unity and working together. Another example is the stylized hair comb Duafo which represents feminine virtues such as tenderness and consideration.\nThe Adinkra symbols are thought to have been adopted by the Ashanti from the people of Gyaman, now the Ivory Coast, (see Connected Stories). \n\nFunerals are very important in Ghana and funeral celebrations last several days and incorporate much eating and drinking with ritual offerings to spirits and traditional dances performed by women. The extended family will travel from far and wide to attend a funeral and the entire village will also come to pay their last respects. Traditionally funeral celebrations are at least eight days after the death and the burial may have already taken place. The celebrations may even be a year after the death\/burial in order for the family to save enough money to pay for a large gathering. Although in the past funeral guests donated money to pay for the funeral, nowadays families are expected to bear most of the costs. \n\nThe demands of modern living have inevitably eroded traditional funeral practices but in past times villagers carried out the following sequence of events. As soon as a death was announced all adult villagers would fast for eight days. During this time the family women would prepare the body for burial and sit with it whilst villagers paid respects. Skilled village workers would act out their trade in front of the body to show that they would continue as usual and to ask for protection following their own death. During the eight days family men would make burial\/funeral arrangements and family women would lead public mourning through the village. During the public funeral, when the Adinkra cloth was worn, the men of the family would sit along the roadside collecting donations and visitors would join them. The deceased close family would greet all visitors individually and also receive gifts. The funeral celebrations would always end with the family women dancing and a libation (the pouring of liquid on the ground) was always made in honour of the deceased. After, the public funeral villagers ended their mourning but the family continued for a further 40 days, still wearing their funeral clothes. After this time they decided who would take on the family role of the deceased and also inherit their belongings. Nowadays, inheritance laws have taken that decision away from the family." }, { "type": "more (online)", "value": "From Akan dialects, spoken by the Ashanti, meaning to take leave of or to say farewell." }, { "historical": true, "type": "use", "value": "How is it used? \nAdinkra is the traditional cloth worn at funerals. It is print stamped with the Adinkra symbols which represent the qualities and beliefs of the deceased and the sentiments of the mourners for the deceased. It is worn 'toga' style with the end of the cloth resting over the left shoulder. The fabric can be either bought or hired from a funeral shop. More recent versions may have words printed on to give the same message.\n\nWho is it used by and why them? \nAlthough the background colour of the cloth may vary, black, white and russet brown are traditional mourning colours. Red cloth is traditionally worn by the sons and daughters of the deceased and also the chief female mourners during funeral celebrations lasting several days. Because the celebrations can be large and expensive, the family may have to wait up to a year to save up the money to pay for them." }, { "type": "use", "value": "Traditional cloth worn by Ashanti people at funerals. \n\nHow is it used? \nAdinkra is the traditional cloth worn at funerals. It is print stamped with the Adinkra symbols which represent the qualities and beliefs of the deceased and the sentiments of the mourners for the deceased. It is worn \u00e2\u20ac\u02dctoga\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 style with the end of the cloth resting over the left shoulder. The fabric can be either bought or hired from a funeral shop. More recent versions may have words printed on to give the same message.\n\nWho is it used by and why them? \nAlthough the background colour of the cloth may vary, black, white and russet brown are traditional mourning colours. Red cloth is traditionally worn by the sons and daughters of the deceased and also the chief female mourners during funeral celebrations lasting several days. Because the celebrations can be large and expensive, the family may have to wait up to a year to save up the money to pay for them. \n\n\nThere are about 400 known Adinkra symbols but the meanings of some of them have been lost over time. The symbols are stylized drawings of everyday objects, animals, plants, and even historic hairstyles! Their meanings often reflect proverbs, beliefs, sentiments and advice. For example, Funtunfunafu is four crocodile heads sharing one body and reminds us of the need for unity and working together. Another example is the stylized hair comb Duafo which represents feminine virtues such as tenderness and consideration. The Adinkra symbols are thought to have been adopted by the Ashanti from the people of Gyaman, now the Ivory Coast, (see Connected Stories). Funerals are very important in Ghana and funeral celebrations last several days and incorporate much eating and drinking with ritual offerings to spirits and traditional dances performed by women. The extended family will travel from far and wide to attend a funeral and the entire village will also come to pay their last respects. Traditionally funeral celebrations are at least 8 days after the death and the burial may have already taken place. The celebrations may even be a year after the death\/burial in order for the family to save enough money to pay for a large gathering. Although in the past funeral guests donated money to pay for the funeral, nowadays families are expected to bear most of the costs. \nThe demands of modern living have inevitably eroded traditional funeral practices but in past times villagers carried out the following sequence of events. As soon as a death was announced all adult villagers would fast for 8 days. During this time the family women would prepare the body for burial and sit with it whilst villagers paid respects. Skilled village workers would act out their trade in front of the body to show that they would continue as usual and to ask for protection following their own death. During the 8 days family men would make burial\/funeral arrangements and family women would lead public mourning through the village. During the public funeral, when the Adinkra cloth was worn, the men of the family would sit along the roadside collecting donations and visitors would join them. The deceased close family would greet all visitors individually and also receive gifts. The funeral celebrations would always end with the family women dancing and a libation (the pouring of liquid on the ground) was always made in honour of the deceased. After the public funeral villagers ended their mourning but the family continued for a further 40 days, still wearing their funeral clothes. After this time they decided who would take on the family role of the deceased and also inherit their belongings. Nowadays, inheritance laws have taken that decision away from the family." }, { "attribution": { "attributor": "Patel, India" }, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Has the symbol Bi-nka-bi - \u2018I offend no one without a cause\u2019 and means Bite not one another. Avoid conflicts; symbol of unity. \nPLACE: Ghana, West Africa\nThe Ashanti region, centred around the town of Kumasi\n\nMORE BOOKS:\n Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nSymbols of Africa. - Heike Owusu. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 0 8069 2871 9\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. See Around Africa talk resoures.\n\nRELATED OBJECTS: Adinkra gourd stamps on display HOB 27a. Also in Life of a Gourd Discovery Box.\nCotton Bolls and Drop Spindles used in cotton cloth production. HOB 27? (not sure of display shelf)" }, { "attribution": { "attributor": "Patel, India" }, "type": "description", "value": "Orange and black Adinkra cloth with block printed comb design. Has the symbol Bi-nka-bi - \u2018I offend no one without a cause\u2019 and means Bite not one another. Avoid conflicts; symbol of unity. \n\n\n\nMORE BOOKS:\n Adinkra Symbolism. A.Glover. Horniman Lib 5PA 677.8(677)GLO\nSymbols of Africa. - Heike Owusu. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 0 8069 2871 9\n\nVIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Photo of Adinkra cloth laid out to dry. 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It is printed with the Adrinkra symbols which represent the qualities and beliefs of the deceased and the sentiments of the mourners for the deceased. While the background fabric may vary, black, white, and russet are traditional mourning colours, while red cloth is typically worn by the children of the deceased and the chief female mourner.", "flag4": "N", "option6": "Cole, H. M. & Ross, D. H. 'The Arts of Ghana' Horniman Library 6(667)COL.; \nKyeremateng, K. 'The Akans of Ghana' Horniman Library 308(667)KYE.; \nPicton, J. & Mack, J. 'African Textiles' Horniman Library 677(6)PIC.; \nhttp:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk; \nhttp:\/\/www.ghana.gov.gh\/visiting\/culture", "flag3": "N", "flag2": "N", "flag1": "N", "system_count": "0", "option1": "In Ghana today the traditional wrap around 'toga' style use of adinkra cloth is reserved for special occasions such as funerals and the symbols are still chosen to convey certain messages. However the symbols are often printed on fashion clothing and accessories like handbags and many decorative items which are sold worldwide. In such cases, the meaning is often not an important consideration. Often the original meaning is not known by the person who buys them but the symbols have come to visually represent traditional Africa to people all over the world.\n\nWhere you live are there symbols that have special meanings? If so, then are the meanings still understood?", "option2": "Patterns are stamped onto cotton fabric, originally locally grown and woven but now often factory made and imported. The traditional \u2018stamp\u2019 is a piece of gourd shell (hard skinned fruit from the squash and pumpkin plant family), with an adinkra pattern carved into it. Three sticks are inserted into the back of the stamp in a pyramid shape to serve as a handle, held between thumb and forefinger. The traditional stamp dye is made from the bark of the Badie tree which is boiled with lumps of iron slag. The village of Asokwa was the Ashanti king\u2019s official printing centre.\n\nAdinkra printing is thought to date back to the early 19th century when it would have been printed onto locally hand woven white cotton strips sewn together to make a toga sized cloth. The cloth was sometimes dyed to a russet brown colour, a mourning colour, using bark from the Kuntunkuni tree. Bark from the Badie tree was used to make the stamp dye. The inner bark, of soft reddish fibre, was pounded with a mortar and pestle then boiled in water for several hours before being discarded. Iron slag was then added to the coloured water which was re boiled until most of the liquid evaporated leaving a thick dark sludge. \nThe Adinkra symbols are carved into the gourd (Calabash) shell by a skilled carver as if it is not well carved the stamp will not print clearly or cleanly. The dry cloth is stretched over printing boards, either on a table on the ground and sometimes wooden combs are dipped in the stamp dye and used to draw lines which divide the cloth into rectangles. Than the gourd stamps are used to apply the Adinkra symbols into the rectangles. Several different symbols may be used on one cloth. The gourd stamp is dipped into water after each use to ensure a fresh clean print. \nNowadays, factory made calico cloth may be used but the symbols still stamped by hand using pieces of gourd and Badie tree dye. 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