Names and Symbols

Significance

Origin of Symbols

Royal bird.

Symbol of royal bird.

Source: Bafut Royal Museum, 15^th March 2017.

House of the wover.

Symbol of craft work

Source: Bafut Royal Museum, 15^th March 2017.

Twins.

Another form of lizard representing twins in the ancestral society.

Source: Bafut Royal Museum, 15^th March 2017.

Sun flower.

Symbol of light.

Source: Bafut Royal Museum, 15^th March 2017.

“Wooden comb”.

Illustration of beauty and cleanliness which is mostly desirable as feminine qualities. In Adinkra, it represents abstract qualities of feminine goodness, love and care.

Adopted traditional symbols from the Adinkra cloth from Ghana. Source: http://www.adinkrasymboles.org/.

“That which remove bad luck”.

Symbol of good fortune and sanctity.

Adopted traditional symbols from the Adinkra cloth from Ghana. Source: http://www.adinkrasymboles.org/.

Love never loses it way.

Symbol of power and love.

Adopted traditional symbols from the Adinkra cloth From Ghana, source: http://www.adinkrasymboles.org/.