Vintage Hand Carved Sankofa Bird Ghana - Bird With Egg Behind Back

Sankofa is represented by a mythic bird with its head turned backwards taking an egg off its back.

Bird is on a pediment and stands 11" tall.

The oblong base is 5" long and 4" across the front.


The literal translation of the word and the symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.”