Name: Wood sculpture, Ghana Queen Mother
SKU: 209004

Elder Ewe Gentleman Ewe Tribal African Mask with Kente Cloth from Ghana

Winfred Korley

(11)

With furrowed brow and thoughtful eyes, an elderly gentleman comes to life in an African mask. Applications of white clay create an aged, antique effect while a cap of Ghanaian kente cloth adds color. Winfred Korley names his original design Efo, meaning "senior" in the language of the Ewe people.

£91.11 Wholesale

£91.11
Textured Blue Handmade Striped Cotton Kente Cloth Scarf from Ghana

Gobah Tengey-Seddoh

(9)

Cotton yarns add rich texture to this brilliant kente cloth shawl by the Gobah Tengey-Seddoh Family. Strips of black, white and blue make a dramatic and handsome color combination. Designed and woven of coarse local cotton in the 12th century, the lokpo pattern means "heavy or thick in texture."

Each strip requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Strips are generally three to four inches wide and seven to ten feet long, and the length of time it takes to complete one strip varies by the complexity of the chosen pattern. The simplest use mostly vertical, or warp patterns, and an experienced weaver can make several of those in one day. However patterns with nearly all weft (horizontal thread) patterns where the warp design is hardly visible can take up to four days to complete an individual strip. Each color has its own meanings in Asante culture. Green is fertility and new harvest, gold is royalty, black is strength, aging and spirituality, while white is purity. The patterns themselves are carefully chosen symbols, which a master weaver develops and names, often to honor people, historical events, or proverbs.

£32.93 Wholesale

~~£37.45~~ £32.93
Healing Cotton Blend Kente Cloth Scarf Handwoven in Ghana

Gobah Tengey-Seddoh

(9)

Combining shades of lime green and black, Gobah Tengey-Seddoh creates an outstanding example of kente cloth art. Gray derives its symbolism from ash, used for healing and cleansing rituals. Black represents physical aging and the spiritual maturity it brings. Each strip requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. The patterns themselves are carefully chosen symbols, which a master weaver develops and names, often to honour people, historical events or proverbs.

£115.51 Wholesale

~~£136.67~~ £115.51
Akan Delight Colorful Cotton Kente Cloth Bow Tie from Ghana

Deborah Osei Boakye

(2)

Designed by Ghana's Deborah Osei Boakye, this delightful bow tie celebrates traditional African handicrafts. Local artisans hand-weave cotton kente cloth in vibrant colors, sewn to make this striking bow tie. An elastic strap circles the neck, so this accessory does not have to be tied.

£40.49 Wholesale

£40.49
Kora Player II African Kente Cloth Wall Collage

Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah

(16)

Music banishes sorrow as a man plays the kora, a stringed instrument of Northern Ghana. Proudly wearing traditional kente cloth, he plays sweet melodies and sings. Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboa portrays him in oils and ink on calico, adding cutouts of kente cloth for his robe and turban. Original and beautiful, the work provides a glimpse of contemporary life in West Africa. It arrives in a frame of ceiba wood.

£100.22 Wholesale

£100.22
Kente Man Men's Hand Made Wood Pendant Necklace

Ralph Ashong

(6)

Ghana's legendary kente cloth traditions inspire Ralph Ashong in the design of this necklace for men. Historically reserved for the nobility and the rich, kente patterns and colors are unique to the weavers that design them and the symbolism they confer to them. Ashong's pendant replicates kente artistry with images colored with a clay solution on a hand-carved teak wood pendant that hangs from an adjustable leather cord.

£31.38 Wholesale

£31.38
Progress Handmade Kente Scarf from Ghana Artisan (12 Inch Width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, saffron, brown and aqua.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

£143.75 Wholesale

£143.75
Faith Handmade Pink Cream and Blue African Kente Scarf

Rachel Armah

(45)

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente is woven by hand in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of blue, pink and cream. The scarf's width allows it to double as a shawl.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

£145.78 Wholesale

£145.78
Progress Multicolor Stripe African Kente Cloth Scarf (4 Inch Width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, saffron, brown and aqua.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

£54.66 Wholesale

£54.66
Princess Hand Woven Pink and Ivory Kente Scarf (22 Inch Width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colourful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colourful cotton blend scarf in vibrant shades of cerise and ivory.

In kente cloth, each colour has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the colour of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

£159.95 Wholesale

£159.95
Fathia Beauty Handwoven Cotton Blend Kente Cloth Shawl (17 inch width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

Ghana's Rachel Armah celebrates the African tradition of kente cloth, weaving this textile by hand on the traditional loom. Crafted of cotton and rayon blend fibers, it features four colourful strips of cloth that are sewn together, serving as an excellent shawl.

£141.73 Wholesale

£141.73
Nyiraba Narrow Purple and Green Kente Cloth Scarf (5 Inch Width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, green and yellow. She names her design nyiraba, which means "blessed child" in the Akan dialect.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

£45.55 Wholesale

£45.55
Fathia Beauty, Handwoven Cotton Blend Kente Cloth Scarf (4 Inch Width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

£45.55 Wholesale

£45.55
Man from Kumawu, Hand Carved Ashanti Tribal African Mask with Kente Cloth

Winfred Korley

(11)

£109.33 Wholesale

£109.33
Frafra Identity, Hand Carved African Mask with Ghanaian Kente Cloth

Winfred Korley

(11)

£91.11 Wholesale

£91.11
Cultural Africa, Cotton Necktie with Colorful Motifs from Ghana

Michael Butler

(1)

£36.44 Wholesale

£36.44
Enchanting Odo, Cotton Kente and Sese Wood Bangle Bracelet from Ghana

Elizabeth Alorchie-Apetor

(25)

£27.33 Wholesale

£27.33
Kente Inspiration, Cotton Cosmetic Bag with Kente-Inspired Geometric Patterns

ROZEE

£21.25 Wholesale

£21.25
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Ultimate, Wood Djembe Drum with Kente Symbols

Robert K. Ghartey

£394.38 Wholesale

~~£464.69~~ £394.38
Stylish Geometry, Cotton Kente-Inspired Cosmetic Bag with Strap in Yellow

ROZEE

£18.21 Wholesale

£18.21
First Lady, Bright Geometric Handwoven Cotton Blend Kente Scarf 4 Strips

Rachel Armah

(45)

£164 Wholesale

£164
Machete of Love and Justice, Wood African Wall Sculpture

Winfred Korley

(11)

£107.31 Wholesale

£107.31
Chief's Machete of Tradition, Wood wall sculpture

Winfred Korley

(11)

£96.17 Wholesale

£96.17
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Damba Dance II, Signed African Batik Collage Painting

Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah

(16)

£96.17 Wholesale

£96.17
Fatia, Kente tote bag and accessory cases

Hannah Dodoo

(1)

£86.05 Wholesale

£86.05
Rhino Rhythms, Rhino-Themed Black Sese Wood Djembe Drum with Kente Accents

Fredrick Affum

£154.89 Wholesale

£154.89
Ashanti Mother, Fertility Doll Wood Sculpture

Winfred Korley

(11)

£91.11 Wholesale

£91.11
Chieftai Trumpeter, Hand Made Wood Sculpture from Africa

Winfred Korley

(11)

£145.78 Wholesale

£145.78
Obaapa, colourful Cotton Blend Kente Scarf from Ghana (10 inch width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

£45.55 Wholesale

£45.55
Seat of the King, African Kente Cloth Cotton Fiazikpui Scarf (3 Strips)

Gobah Tengey-Seddoh

(9)

£82.35 Wholesale

~~£92.12~~ £82.35
Seat of the King, African Kente Cloth Cotton Fiazikpui Scarf (2 Strips)

Gobah Tengey-Seddoh

(9)

£57.65 Wholesale

~~£64.79~~ £57.65
Seat of the King, African Kente Cloth Cotton Fiazikpui Scarf (1 Strip)

Gobah Tengey-Seddoh

(9)

£32.93 Wholesale

~~£37.45~~ £32.93
Obaapa, Loom Woven Ghanaian Cotton Blend Kente Scarf (5 inch width)

Rachel Armah

(45)

£45.55 Wholesale

£45.55
Colorful Kente, Kente-Print Cotton Backpack Crafted in Ghana

Hannah Dodoo

(1)

£98.20 Wholesale

£98.20
Gentleman of Ghana, Hand Crafted African Mask from Ghana

Winfred Korley

(11)

£118.44 Wholesale

£118.44
Ghana Queen Mother, Wood sculpture

Winfred Korley

(11)

£145.78 Wholesale

£145.78
Lovely Lady of Ghana, Handmade African Mask from Ghana

Winfred Korley

(11)

£127.56 Wholesale

£127.56
Royal Hold Up, Pair of Cotton Hair Scrunchies Hand-crafted in Ghana

Justina Botwey

(16)

£21.25 Wholesale

£21.25
Water Carriers II, Handcrafted Batik Wall Art of African Women from Ghana

Emmanuel Atiemoh Yeboah

(16)

£109.33 Wholesale

£109.33

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Cotton kente scarf, 'Fiazikpui, Seat of the King' (3 strips)

Linda

Feb 5, 2025

Absolutely beautiful!

I love the Kings Seat Scarf. It’s made well and wears well. I ordered the three row scarf and it is just the perfect size. Lovely!!

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Men's teak wood pendant necklace, 'Kente Man'

Joan

Apr 24, 2023

Great workmanship

I bought this as a gift for someone. I loved it and it is truly special. I hope to hear from the person I gave it to. Thank you for you talent!

Wood sculpture, 'Ghana Queen Mother'

Rochelle

Nov 16, 2016

Charming Wood Sculpture

This is a very interesting wood sculpture from West Africa. Her dress is made from local fabric which is colorful and her matching earrings and necklace complete the outfit I love Novica's collection of wood statues as they are always authentic and very appealing. Rochelle New Jersey

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