Akan’s work is defined by its akan sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Man's Wrapper (Akunitan)
Akan Ghana

Ceremonial Stool
Akan Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Monkey
Akan-speaking peoples Côte d'Ivoire or Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Monkey
Akan-speaking peoples Côte d'Ivoire or Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight: Seated Figure
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Chameleon
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Standing Male Figure
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Commemorative Container (Abusua Kuruwa)
Kwahu Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Double Crocodile
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Man with a Pipe and a Powder Keg
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid Surmounted by Spiral
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Elephant Mask (Vi)
Guro Côte d'Ivoire Coastal West Africa

Goldweight Depictng a Scorpion
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Man's Wrapper
Akan Ghana

Goldweight Depicting a Catfish
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Goldweight with a Geometric Design
Asante or related Akan-speaking peoples Ghana Coastal West Africa

Fly Whisk with Four Masks
Baule Côte d'Ivoire Coastal West Africa