African Art Asafo Frankaa War Flag Fante Fanti Ghana Applique Gold Coast

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African Art Asafo Frankaa War Flag Fante Fanti Ghana Applique Gold Coast
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A nice recent made Asafo flag ( Asafo frankaa ) from Ghana.
This flag was used in Festival times in Cape Coast area.
The flag is in very good condition with the exception of few damages, few stains and some wear due to usage.
The size of the flag is 51" x  39" ( 130 cm x 99 cm ).
The flag has both machine and hand sawing.
Each side of the flag shows a mirror image.
History of Asafo frankaa:
Asafo " companies " were military organizations of AKAN formed by young FANTE men in order to protect the state ( Town ) against local enemies and by the ASANTE people.
Our flags ( Both recent and old ) come directly from the flag makers ( That they sawing flags for many generations for the Asafo companies ) that are replacing the older flags with new ones.
The materials used to make this " patchwork " flags were mostly imported cloth.
The Flags were used during the installation of a new Asafo Captain , during festivals , funerals of a companies member and during other traditional events.
After the independence from the British the Union Jack was replaced with the Ghanaian tricolor flag.
A real piece of Authentic African art !
The coin shown in the photo is approximately 20 mm in diameter that is similar to the size of 1 USA cent or 10 Euro cent or 1 UK Penny.
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We ship by registered insured "AIR MAIL" anywhere in the world.
Delivery time for Europe is 7 - 14 working days.
Delivery time for USA and the rest of the World is 14 - 21 working days.
DHL
option available for faster delivery ( 2 - 4 working days ) to all over the world. Please contact us for a quote
BEFORE PAYMENT.
FREE
upgrade to
DHL
for orders over $ 200.
You can combine your purchases for up to 2 weeks !
We combine shipping with different items, please contact us for quote.
If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase please notify as within 30 days of receiving the parcel. We will provide you with return shipping instructions and will refund you the cost of the items as soon as we receive the return parcel.
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We are exporters and retailers of African Art with offices in Greece where we stock and ship all our items and Ghana (West Africa) where we do all our purchases.
Selling Authentic African Art on ebay as ETHNIC*ART*GALLERY since 2003 and Trade Beads as TRIBALGH since 2001.
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