 When they needed to go anywhere, they were veiled and carried in a hammock or a basket-like litter similar to bird’s nests carried by their slaves.Longer journeys required that they be borne inside larger, covered palanquins with silk covers, with some taking the form of a miniature hut.In Southern Ghana the Akan and the Ga-Dangme carry their chiefs and kings in palanquins when they appear in their state durbars.