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\"Adinkra<\/p>\n

The Akan people of Ghana often decorate their textiles, like this cloth, with Adinkra symbols.\u00a0 These symbols have been used for centuries to express different aesthetic themes such as strength, longevity, and remembrance.\u00a0 There are hundreds of documented symbols.\u00a0 They are applied to the dyed cloth with carved stamps.\u00a0 The same symbols can also appear in other mediums such as on jewelry or brass weights.<\/p>\n

Adinkra cloths are meant to be worn as clothing.\u00a0 Traditionally, they were only used by royalty.\u00a0 However, their use has grown to include the general population.\u00a0 Adinkra cloths are often worn on special occasions, particularly at funerals.<\/p>\n

This cloth is currently on exhibit in Afro Pop!<\/a>, <\/em>where it is displayed because of its connection to clothing worn by the character T\u2019Chaka in the Black Panther<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Akan people of Ghana often decorate their textiles, like this cloth, with Adinkra symbols.\u00a0 These symbols have been used for centuries to express different aesthetic themes such as strength, longevity, and remembrance.\u00a0 There are hundreds of documented symbols.\u00a0 They are applied to the dyed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdinkra Cloth - Timothy S. Y. 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