Fante (Akan)
Asafo Militia Flag (Frankaa)
Fante, 1900-1966
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Fante (Akan)
Asafo Militia Flag (Frankaa)
Fante, 1900-1966
Physical Qualities
Cotton and synthetic fiber, 132 cm. high x 167 cm. long
Credit Line
Gift of Ambassador Dawn M. Liberi, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
1998.372
Flag; black, red, and white, with blue and pink on fringe. White human figure with three white lines extending from each shoulder; red human figure with upraised left arm; red snake and red elephant appliqued on black field.
paris
Picton, John, Technology, Tradition and Lurex: the Art of Textiles in Africa, London: Barbican Art Gallery; Lund Humphries Publishers, 1995, pp 22-24.
