Cultural Pieces

The Ahenema Pendant

Name: Erick Kraftsman
Address: Boundary Road, Accra, Greater Accra, GH
Telephone: +233554044244

A Ghanaian symbol of royalty translated into a sculptural pendant.

Ahenema literally means ‘king’s children’. The slippers are associated with Akan tradition and are worn by chiefs, queens, elders and people of standing. The pendant carries that cultural inheritance into a contemporary form.