Asafo Flag, between 1950 and 1959

  • Fante, African

Cotton and various fabrics

  • Overall: 43 × 50 inches (109.2 × 127 cm)

Gift of Dr. Nii and Martina Quarcoopome

2010.223

Dr. Nii and Martina Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA)

2011-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Ceremonial Cloths, Costumes, and Flags.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 72 (fig. 3.28).

Fante, African, Asafo Flag, between 1950 and 1959, cotton and various fabrics. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii and Martina Quarcoopome, 2010.223.