This was a popular question among the candidates.
The general performance of the candidates was fair except that some candidates were writing about Egyptian art and some rather than discussing why Ashanti art is unique, delved into the characteristics of traditional Ashanti art.
The required answer include:
(a) (i) Gold and silver works: Cireperdue technique was used in casting jewellery and gold weights.
(ii) Wooden sculpture:
The state Golden stool: made of wood, covered with gold and invoked with magical power.
Akuaba: almost abstract, expresses Ashanti beauty; made up of long neck, and a round Hat face with high fore-head and a small mouth carried by pregnant women.
(iii) Weaving and printing works: consist of popular Kente cloth and Adinkra prints.
(b) - Ashanti people value gold above all metals, they produced jewellery, used gold dust as money and gold weights.
- The Ashanti people believed that Akuaba could change the ugliness of the child to beauty and make the barren women produce children.
- The Golden stool was the nation symbol of prosperity. Any misuse could cause national calamities like small pox, war, or death.
