African Fante Asafo Flag, Ghana

Fante Asafo Flag aka frankaa, Ghana. Size: 39'' x 55'' (99 x 140 cm). Vintage trade cloth. Collected in Ghana in the 1980s by historian and anthropologist Michelle V. Gilbert. This piece-work, traditional warrior society emblem depicts an individual attending to a boiling cauldron while a second person approaches. The images relates to one of several proverbs relating to cooking pots.