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Pa gya

Pa gya (to strike fire or make fire). This is said to represent war.

Dono

Dono (drum). This symbol is more like the dono drum than the other symbol for the dono drum.

Akomo

Akoma Ntoaso A symbol of agreement or a charter.

Funtunfunafu

Funtunfunafu denkyem funafu, won afuru bom nso worididi a na wo ko. Another version of this symbol. Need for unity, particularly where there is one destiny.

Ese ne keterEma

Ese ne keterema (the teeth and tongue). "Wonnwo ba ne se." No child is born with its teeth. We improve and advance.

Adinkerahene

Adinkerahene. Another version of Adinkerahene. Unlike the other version of this symbol, this symbol is used as a symbol in itself for printing.

Dame-Dame

Dame-Dame (a draft game). A more traditionally popular game is oware.

Sankofa

Sankofa Another Sankofa design. It could be a broken piece from the original design.

Nhwimu

Nhwimu (crossing). The divisions done on to the plain cloth before the stamping is done.

mmaa gwa

MMAA GWA: Women’s stool.
A man usually presents his wife a stool when he marries (In recent times when she bears him a child)

mmarima gwa

MMARIMA GWA: The man’s stool. In the household only the male, usually the head of the family uses this stool.

pantu gwa

PANTU GWA: The big spirit bottle (usually gin) bottle stool. This has an European influence, since the bottle is certainly European in character

obi te obi so gwa

OBI-TE-OBI-SO GWA: Someone sits-on-someone else stool. A proverbial stool used exclusively by top chiefs usually at state ceremonies.

osebo gwa

OSEBO GWA: The leopard stool. This is only used by the Asantehene; signifying his strength and influence

esono

ESONO GWA: The elephant stool. Also used exclusively by the Asantehene.Anyone who uses it challenges his authority.

owo foforo adobe gwa

OWO FOFORO ADOBE GWA: Proverbial .The Snake climbing the palm-tree. Attempting the impossible.

kokoto gwa

KOTOKO GWA: The porcupine stool. The porcupine is the Asante state emblem. This is also a stool used exclusively by the Asantehene.

srane gwa

SRANE GWA: The moon stool. Also proverbial, and appearing in Adinkra symbolsm, too. This stool can be used by both sexes

mframadan

MFRAMADAN GWA: The windhouse stool. The engraved designs appear also on temples. May be used by either sex.

ma fa asa gwa

ME FA ASA GWA: Half of me is finished (half my clan is dead). This is a stool used exclusively by females

damedame

DAMADAME GWA: The draughtboard stool. This may also have an European influence. The draught is a game foreign to Ghanaian traditions.

mmaremu gwa

MMAREMU GWA: The cross stool. Only with the permission of the Asantehene can someone else use THIS STOOL. The design is exclusively for him.

nnama gwa

NNAMA GWA: The two-penny stool; also known as the poor man’s stool. It is simple carved and cost two pence in the olden days.

nsebe gwa

NSEBA GWA: The amulet stool. The decorative sides represents the amulet (‘sebe’), hence the name ‘nsebe gwa’

sakyi dua koro gwa

SAKYI DUA KORO GWA: The single center support stool. Used exclusively by the priests and priestesses on ceremonial occasions.

kontonkorwi gwa

KONTONKOROWI GWA: The circular rainbow stool.

kontonkorowi mpaemu gwa

KONTONKOROWI MPAEMU GWA: The divided circular rainbow stool.

mmom gwa

MMOM GWA: The stool with only two supports (usually stools have four supports). Used by sub-chiefs.

adenkyem

ADENKYEM GWA: The crocodile stool .The crocodile has a fish in the mouth, Used as a shrine support, hence it belongs to the priesthood.

krado gwa

KRADO GWA: The padlock stool. Used by chiefs and linguist. It has a close resemblance to the Manponghene’s stool.

atuduro kwadom

ATUDURU KWADOM GWA: The keg of gunpowder stool.

sankofa gwa

SANKOFA GWA: ‘Return to take it’. One of the few proverbial stools. The bird also appears in both Adinkra and gold weight symbolism

nyansapow gwa

NYANSAPOW GWA: Wisdom (reef-knot). Only the wise can undo a wise knot.

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