cover image: Onipa Nni Aye

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Onipa Nni Aye

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This fabric symbolizes an Akan proverb meaning "Man is ungrateful. If a man falls into the water, let him drown. But if an animal falls into the water, save its life." The image shows a crocodile approaching a man in the water and a pair of extended arms rescuing a goat from the water. Text (Akan): Onipa Nni Aye; Se oto nso mua maonko enti se aboa to nsu mua yino kodi. Donated by John Hutchison
ghana twentieth century cotton textiles — ghana commemorative textile fabrics — ghana proverbs, akan akan language
Description of object
Cotton ; 3.75 feet by 6 feet
Format of Original
Three dimensional object
Published in
Ghana
Series
Images of Commemorative Fabrics from Africa

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