Stamped cloth known as Adinkra conveys morals and maxims through visual symbols. An early 19th century description confirmed the cloths, are painted "for mourning with a mixture of blood and a red dye-wood. The patterns are various and not inelegant, and painted with so much regularity, with a fowl feather, that they have all the appearance of a coarse print at a distance.” Adinkra cloth “included stamped symbols, including nsroma (stars), dono ntoasuo (double Dono drums), and diamonds.” Oral traditions recounted Adinkra "was the famous King of Gyman slain by the the Ashanti king for copying the Golden Stool (Sika Dwa). Native worn or imported cloth is dyed and stamped with Adinkra symbols. Although it can be a mourning cloth, it is also worn to “when one wants to appear smart.” Designs link to morals and maxims.