Fante Frankaa or Asafo Military Flag: Lt Green Man with Two Animals and Cooking Pot

A cream banner with a squat pot on blue legs and a green creature watching

This frankaa OR ASAFO military FLAG is Fante, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cotton. Most Asafo flags give visual form to age-old Fante proverbs, which in a culture without writing were a common way to pass on traditions, beliefs and wisdom about daily life. A cream banner with black rectangular blocks around the edge and a flag in the corner. A large dark pot stands on blue legs beside a pale panel, a green animal and a figure in yellow shorts. Ties dangle at the left. It is 64 inches wide and 38 long.

The pot is clearly the star and knows it.