Excellent old (1940's/50's) Asafo flag from Ghana from NO. 2 company, made in the famous Saltpond workshop, depicting a traditional Asafo Company procession.
    
size: 40x58"
Workshop: Saltpond
Age: 1940's/50's
condition: excellent

*This particular flag is a pre-independence Asafo flag likely dating from the 40's or 50's.  Flags of this age and kind are increasingly rare to find.  Many ones of a similar age have been fetching upwards of 10k at auction as less and less come to market and more and more end up in Museum collections.

History:

 Asafo flags derive from the militia groups of the Akan people of Ghana; many of whom lived along the coast and traded with Europeans for cloth.  Lacking organised military at the time the Fante peoples organised into Asafo ( Sa meaning War and Fo meaning people) units that protected local interests.  The Fante culture continues to this day with regular festivals.