Asafo Flag, early 20th century

  • Fante, African

Silk, hand-stitched and embroidered

  • Overall: 43 × 71 inches (109.2 × 180.3 cm)

Museum Purchase, Janis and William Wetsman Foundation Fund

2008.432

Albert Nuamah (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

2008-present, purchase by 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. 68 (fig. 3.20).

Fante, African, Asafo Flag, early 20th century, silk, hand-stitched and embroidered. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Janis and William Wetsman Foundation Fund, 2008.432.