Asafo flag - ROM2016_14990_9


Asafo flag

Maker: Kobina Badowah, Kormantse Workshop
Medium:Cotton, polyester, applique, embroidery
Geography: Unidentified Company, Ghana
Date: c. 1970
105 × 155 cm
Object number: 2012.65.27
Not on view


In this flag, the mighty elephant is a mere bystander while the duiker, a small and very intelligent forest antelope, is carried on a palanquin like a chief. “Although the elephant is largest, it is the duiker that rules the forest.”
