Akokobaatan Kente Pattern


“Akokobaatan” – Mother Hen
Symbolic of motherliness, parental care, discipline and tenderness.
From the proverb “when the hen steps on the feet of her chicks, she doesn’t mean to kill them”.
(Little box of squares forming a diamond shape)
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