Kojo Baiden

Size: 30,3 x 22,6 cm

Materials: Watercolour on watercolour paper

Symbol number thirty is the Kojo Baiden, which is an Adinkra symbol. Adinkra is the name of a group of symbols from Ghana that were inspired by the clothing of a captured king. They were originally was used to print on clothing for funerals but is now used for other purposes too (clothing, pottery, woodcarvings etc.). It traditionally represents the Cosmos and omnipresence. The background texture was created by adding green and red and then lifting some of the colour off with a brush.