My Lovely Bird Adinkra Symbol Bird Wood Sculpture with Glass Beads The Leakey Collection Featuring a different dog sitting

Featuring a different dog sitting near every number on this analog clock

linked to the heart

4 cm L 39" / 99 cm 29" / 73

Designed by Narayani and threaded by hand

My Lovely Bird Adinkra Symbol Bird Wood Sculpture with Glass Beads The Leakey Collection Featuring a different dog sitting'This is my lovely bird,' confides Kobina Asmah of this amazing sculpture. Turning its head back on itself, this bird becomes the Sankofa symbol that reminds one to retrieve from the past that which is useful, and carry it forward. Asmah is inspired by the legendary Adinkra symbols of Ashanti origin to carve this spectacular sese wood sculpture. Holding a seed in its beak, the bird has colorful wings studded with recycled glass beads, and etched