ADINKRA SYMBOLS are highly stylized powerful graphic renderings of organic and geometric shapes. Historically, these beautiful forms began to appear in the 1800s when the Asante people of the Ivory Coast became known for creating  these unique and symbolic images primarily on hand woven and printed fabrics.  

Adinkra cloth was originally exclusive to royalty and the spiritual leaders of Ghana and Cote' d'lvoire in sacred ceremonies and rituals. 
The significance of each design infuses prints with a rich narrative subtext since each  symbolic motif has a name and profound meaning, a story illustration of a proverb, a historical event, human  or animal behavior,  botanic/ plant life,  or  from forms and shapes of inanimate  objects.

Contemporary artists honor the sense and the graphic strength of these extraordinary glyphs in an inspiring range of applications.