These Wooden Earring have a cutout of the Adinkra symbol of Duafe. It represents Beauty, Hygiene & Feminine Qualities.
Originating with the Akan people of West Africa, in the regions now known as Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, like kente cloth, the use of Adinkra was once reserved solely for tribal royalty. Today, these symbols have have proliferated their way throughout modern “Afrocentric” culture and can be found adorning jewelry, engraved in wooden ceremonial objects.
