Adinkra Embroidered Throw
$340.00
The Adinkra throw is the perfect blanket to lounge around on your sofa or sofa chair. The Adinkra Throw is made out of 100% cotton. Some of the throws come with different adinkra symbol patterns.
Adinkra are visual symbols that originate from Ghana.They use these Adinkra symbols to decorate things like wood objects, pottery, jewelry and fabric. Traditionally these designs were reserved for the Asante kings, but now more people in Akan culture wear the cloth for important occasions. Just like with the more popular mud cloth and kuba cloth, the symbols in Adinkra cloth have meanings, Some symbols represent more complex ideas like proverbs and folk tales, others show simple images like plants. Master artisans and elders know how to match the symbols into combinations that tell stories.
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