Flag of white cotton ground and fringed edge appliquéd with yellow center bordered with alternating red and white squares; at left, an appliquéd figure of a man in yellow knickers with arms stretched out towards flying brown birds, a large red bird in center, and embroidered tree with blue...
Provenance
Purchased in 1990-1991; 2004 Year-End Gift to the MFA, January 26, 2005
Credit Line
Gift of Mary H. Kahlenberg and Robert T. Coffland
African (Fante peoples), mid-20th century
Object Place
Ghana
Dimensions
Overall: 99.1 x 152.4 cm (39 x 60 in.)
Accession Number
2004.2278
Medium or Technique
Appliquéd cotton, plain weave, embroidered and appliquéd