Fante Frankaa or Asafo Military Flag: Brown Man Shooting At 3 Fish

Lime green water, three fish and a brown figure pointing out the catch

This frankaa OR ASAFO military FLAG is Fante, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cotton. Each Fante Asafo company, a warrior group whose name joins the words for war and people, identified itself with its own flag called frankaa, flown on tall masts at the company shrine. A lime-green banner with a multicolored patchwork border and a corner flag square. A brown figure points toward three fish in blue, pink and gray shapes. Tie strips extend from the corners. It is 57 inches wide and 34 long.

The fish look suspiciously unimpressed by the attention.