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Asafo Flag (frankaa)

Date
1930s–40s
Material
Cotton, silk
Classification
Textiles
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
39 × 66 1/2 in. (99.1 × 168.9 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given in memory of Pauline E. Ashton
Rights
© Estate of Kweku Kakanu
Object Number
117:2022
Yaw Denteh, Kumasi, Ghana

A. Danquah, London, United Kingdom, acquired from Yaw Denteh [1]

early 1990s -
Peter Adler, London, United Kingdom, purchased from A. Danquah [2]

2022 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Duncan Clarke as agent for Peter Adler [3]


Notes:
[1] In an email dated April 19, 2022 to Nichole Bridges, Duncan Clarke (acting as agent for Peter Adler) stated this flag was "bought in the early 1990s from a Mr. A. Danquah who lived in London." Clarke said Danquah received the flag from Yaw Denteh of Kumasi [email in SLAM document files].

[2] See Note 1.

[3] Invoice. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, August 22, 2022.

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