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Asafo Militia Flag (Frankaa)

Fante (Akan)

Asafo Militia Flag (Frankaa)

Fante, 1900

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Fante (Akan)

Asafo Militia Flag (Frankaa)

Fante, 1900

Physical Qualities Cotton, 39 x 58 11/16 in. (99 x 149 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Ambassador Dawn M. Liberi, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1998.373
Flag; red, white, black, indigo, yellow and blue. Union Jack in upper left corner, central square with human figure surrounded by smaller human and animal figures, some attached with chains; indigo heart to right of square; two red linear designs above square.
African Reinstallation, "Colonialism & Independence," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.

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