File:Brooklyn Museum 85.200.1a-d Linguist Okyeame Staff (5).jpg

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English: Linguist (Okyeame) Staff
Description
English: The staff is carved in wood and covered with gold leaf. It is made in three sections, not including the detachable carved finial. Each of the three sections comprising the staff has a carved surface decorated with different motifs, such as herringbone, lozenge-shape and barber pole. The middle of each section is encircled by a raised band with geometric patterns. The finial represents a cat with a mouse crawling up its back towards its pouch which is attached around the cats neck by a cord. The cat's left paw is raised. Condition: Leaf very thin and flaking off in parts.
English: Southern and central Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire have been ruled for several centuries by highly stratified kingdoms that use elaborate symbols of status. Among the Fante and the Akan, high-ranking advisers to the king called linguists (okyeame) carry gold staffs in royal processions. These staffs often have carvings at the top illustrating proverbs or messages from the king to his subjects. At the top of this staff, a mouse attempts to enter a pouch on a cat's back, illustrating the proverb “It is only a foolish mouse that tries to get into the cat's bag.” In other words, it is an unwise person who dares to meddle in the king's business.
Date 20th century
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions 62 3/4 x 7 x 3 9/16 in. (159.4 x 17.8 x 9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
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Credit line Designated Purchase Fund and the Carll H. de Silver Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Central Region, Ghana
  • Place made: Central Region, Ghana
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.200.1a-d_detail.jpg
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