Adinkra stamp of the 'Biribi wo soro' design, carved info a piece of calabash gourd. Part b is the handle, made of four sticks held togther by black thread wrapped around the centre of the sticks. The gourd stamp (part a) has a deeply carved design of two joined half circles with a diamond-like shape 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.

• 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.

• Cultural Context

  textiles

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• Type of Item stamp
• Culture Asante
• Material gourd fruit, wood, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 10.0 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 6.2 cm (overall) height 1.5 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 6.2 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 3561/0003 a-b