Wiktionary
n. visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
Usage examples of "adinkra".
So do what I tell you: take my body into the bush, dig a pit, and wrap me in the adinkra cloth from my marriage chest.
Even though we were but four children, our mother's body was light in our arms, as if the adinkra cloth were filled with gentle thoughts.
I stuffed the adinkra cloth down my tunic and knotted my waist belt so it wouldn't fall.
His face was scratched and bleeding from clawing at the adinkra cloth.
Why would our mother leave blood behind when she had left us the bowl and the adinkra cloth?
He wore brass jewelry and a long loose robe, patterned like the adinkra cloth.
I caught up the two halves of the adinkra cloth and laid them at the ghostly figure's feet.
The Amazon, the newest addition to the council, was swathed in glowing novice white, and like the others, she bore a living, silvery Adinkra symbol on her body.