Adinkra stamp of the 'Dwennimmen' (ram horns) design, carved info a piece of calabash gourd. Part b is the handle, made of four sticks held togther by dark blue thread wrapped around the centre of the sticks. The gourd stamp (part a) has a deeply carved design of four spirals with overlapping outer lines, one in each corner, with a diamond shaped hole at the centre. The back surface has four small holes where the pointed ends of the sticks are inserted, crossing midway up, at the thread, to form the handle.

• Cultural Context

  textiles

• History Of Use

  Adinkra stamps are used for printing designs on cloth (e.g., K2.455). The stamps are dipped in adinkra aduru, an ink prepared by boiling chunks of iron slag and bark from the Bridelia ferruginea tree, locally called Badie, into a thick paste that is liquefied before use. The cloth is stamped at local workshops.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor in Ghana, in 1971.

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• Type of Item stamp
• Culture Asante
• Material gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 9.5 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 5.8 cm (overall) height 1.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 5.8 cm (part a) height 10.0 cm, width 0.2 cm, depth 0.1 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Susan Stout
• Received from Susan Stout

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• Made in Ghana

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• Creation Date during 1971
• Collection Date during 1971
• Ownership Date before April 28, 2022
• Acquisition Date on April 28, 2022

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3561/0007 a-b