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1930 - 1985
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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- Cultural attribution
- Fante
- Object type
- Fahne
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Width: 1520.0 mm
Height: 970.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Textiles
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/2623
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18.01.1990
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Africa (location/origin)Ghana (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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