Dried Calabash Gourd Statuette with Gye Nyame Adinkra 'Gye Nyame Altar' Item ID: 2677063674

Name: Dried Calabash Gourd Statuette with Gye Nyame Adinkra 'Gye Nyame Altar'
Brand: Eliasu Adams
SKU: 2677063674
Price: 79.99 USD
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"The ancient Ghanaian sages transmitted their knowledge and spiritual guidance through mystic symbols known by the region's people as Adinkra. Artist Eliasu Adams tells us more about each of these signs, creating a dried calabash gourd statuette mounted in a sturdy steel stand to display the icon's enchanting aura. The symbol depicted is Gye Nyame, meaning 'except for God' in the Akan language and representing divine omnipotence."

Item detail

0.49 lbs
11 inches H x 6 inches W x 3.1 inches D
Dried calabash gourd
steel stand
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Display stand included
Hand-crafted item -- color
size and/or motif may vary slightly

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Eliasu Adams

I'm a young artist, born in 1993, creative and imaginative. My friends say I'm honest and hardworking, and I certainly try to be.

I'm the second of six children and I live in Northern Ghana, known for shea butter and basketry. Unfortunately, one of my siblings has passed away.

Growing up, I was known for my artistic nature as I made use of odds and ends to create something unique. Here I am today, still soaring higher and higher!

It was my love for beads that led me to begin crafting jewelry. My skills are self-taught, perhaps a God-given talent. But I had to practice continuously for hours to perfect this art.

Life hasn't been easy for me at all. After junior high school, I had to stay home for seven years before attending senior high school, due to financial constraints. But I'm grateful to God, because a good Samaritan decided to pay my senior high school fees.

During those seven years I spent at home, I decided to do something with my life. That's when I discovered that I can make jewelry. I started crafting necklaces, bracelets and earrings from pieces of calabash gourd shell. My friends loved my designs, so I stopped giving my jewelry out as gifts and started selling it instead.

I use natural materials like calabash, wood beads, and shea butter, which are easy to work with and readily available on the market. I like to think outside the box. I draw inspiration from nature and find the process of getting a piece into its finished stage the most challenging aspect of my craft. Sometimes, my cousin Lumasha helps me string the beads.

Finding a marketplace for my designs is another challenge, but I hope you will help me realize my dreams, which are to one day earn enough to open my own shop, further my education, and support my family.

Spiritual Sculpture Geometric Sculpture Ghanaian Sculpture Folk Art Sculpture Inspirational Sculpture Cultural Sculpture Traditional Sculpture Brown Sculpture Black Sculpture Gourd Sculpture Steel Sculpture

Eliasu Adams

I'm a young artist, born in 1993, creative and imaginative. My friends say I'm honest and hardworking, and I certainly try to be.

I'm the second of six children and I live in Northern Ghana, known for shea butter and basketry. Unfortunately, one of my siblings has passed away.

Growing up, I was known for my artistic nature as I made use of odds and ends to create something unique. Here I am today, still soaring higher and higher!

It was my love for beads that led me to begin crafting jewelry. My skills are self-taught, perhaps a God-given talent. But I had to practice continuously for hours to perfect this art.

Life hasn't been easy for me at all. After junior high school, I had to stay home for seven years before attending senior high school, due to financial constraints. But I'm grateful to God, because a good Samaritan decided to pay my senior high school fees.

During those seven years I spent at home, I decided to do something with my life. That's when I discovered that I can make jewelry. I started crafting necklaces, bracelets and earrings from pieces of calabash gourd shell. My friends loved my designs, so I stopped giving my jewelry out as gifts and started selling it instead.

I use natural materials like calabash, wood beads, and shea butter, which are easy to work with and readily available on the market. I like to think outside the box. I draw inspiration from nature and find the process of getting a piece into its finished stage the most challenging aspect of my craft. Sometimes, my cousin Lumasha helps me string the beads.

Finding a marketplace for my designs is another challenge, but I hope you will help me realize my dreams, which are to one day earn enough to open my own shop, further my education, and support my family.

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