Frankaa | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Appliquéd Battalion Flag Asafo: ""No head weighs as heavily as the one on the scales."
"No head is as heavy as the one on the scales". This proverb means that one's own losses are always the heaviest to bear. Here a dead Safohen (officer or junior captain of the company) is mourned by a comrade, both of them recognisable by virtue of their swords. The two other people are probably relatives. The small woman sports a "croissant hairstyle", which has been the traditional headdress of high-ranking Fante women since the 19th century. Flags with this motif are usually a rallying call for revenge. Author: Doris Kubisch
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Fante
Object type
Fahne
Dimensions
Width: 1520.0 mm
Height: 970.0 mm
Height: 970.0 mm
Material/Technique
Textiles
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2623
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I/2616
is related to : I/2617
is related to : I/2618
is related to : I/2621
is related to : I/2624
is related to : I/2627
is related to : I/2630
is related to : I/2632
is related to : I/2636
is related to : I/2637
is related to : I/2617
is related to : I/2618
is related to : I/2621
is related to : I/2624
is related to : I/2627
is related to : I/2630
is related to : I/2632
is related to : I/2636
is related to : I/2637
Provenance and sources
when
1930 - 1985
when
18.01.1990
where
Africa (location/origin)
Ghana (location/origin)
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