Fante Frankaa or Asafo Military Flag: White Man with Two Black Elephants

Two dark elephants with pale tusks march on chocolate cloth, a small hunter nearby

This frankaa OR ASAFO military FLAG is Fante, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cotton. Along the southern coast of Ghana the Fante never formed a centralized kingdom, so each state was ruled by a paramount chief and protected by its own Asafo company. A brown banner with a pink and gray patchwork border and a small flag square at one corner. Two dark appliqued elephants with white tusks walk in line toward a pale figure with an orange shape. Light fringe trims the sides. It is 61 inches wide and 40 long.

They walk in step, and the cloth keeps up.