Robert Sutherland Rattray

Robert Sutherland Rattray, GBE, known as Captain R. S. Rattray (1881 in India – 1938), was a barrister and held a diploma in Anthropology from Oxford.

Traditional adinkra symbols gathered by Rattray, symbolizing values, often with proverbs associated with symbol

He was an early Africanist and student of the Ashanti. He was one of the early writers on Oware, and on Ashanti gold weights.[1] An amusement park constructed by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is named Rattray park in memory of R.S. Rattray.[2]

Example of Akan gold weight described by Rattray. Symbolizes proverb "One must turn to the past to move forward."
  1. ^ A Short History of Ashanti Gold Weights
  2. ^ "PHOTOS: President Mahama inaugurates recreational park in Kumasi". Graphic Online. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2019.