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ASAFO MILITIA COMPANY FLAG. Fante people, Ghana. Displayed in ceremonial parades and at meetings of the No. 2 Company. This flag represents the proverb, “Will you fly or will you run? Either way, you can’t get away from us.” Depicted are 2 men representing members of a rival Company or an enemy who are fleeing from the No. 2 Company that identifies itself with a lion. Collected in Ghana. L 61.5in W 33.5in. Entirely hand sewn with embroidered details. Cotton. Modified Union Jack canton. Exhibited at Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia 2013 and the SMA Fathers Museum of African Art, Tenafly, NJ 2014. Published in “Emblems of Power. Asafo Flags from Ghana” Fig. 67, p.76. This book is only available from the authors at ppr2001@med.cornell.edu