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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, 99 cm. high x 122 cm. long
Credit Line Gift of Ambassador Dawn M. Liberi, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1998.374
Flag; yellow, orange, indigo, red and white. Dancing figure in center; Union Jack in upper left corner.
Picton, John, Technology, Tradition and Lurex: the Art of Textiles in Africa, London: Barbican Art Gallery; Lund Humphries Publishers, 1995, pp 22-24.

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