A pipeful of tobacco and a quiet corner carry this gentleman off to a time of reflection. Seated comfortably on a low stool, an elder man wears the traditional attire of his youth. Kwame Frimpong portrays the venerable personage in polished sese wood. In the Ghanaian countryside, when men reach a certain age you will see them sitting under a shady tree smoking their pipes, Frimpong muses.