Description
An important late C19th Asafo flag from the No 4 Company, “Wombir” in Elmina with a striped ground based on the red, white, and blue of the Netherlands flag. This company was established by the workers bought to the town in the 1660s by the Dutch to construct Fort St.Jago, built as a rival to the large and better known Elmina fort built by the Portuguese. As a result of this history the No.4 Company considered themselves Dutch allies until the Dutch handed over their possessions in the region to the British in 1872. Three men are depicted, with a folding razor, a knife, and a bucket, on an early flag that likely dates from around the 1890s.
Some faint marks , otherwise in good strong condition. Flags from this period often lacked the elaborate borders found on later pieces.
From a UK private collection assembled in the 1970s and 80s. Authentic old flags in acceptable condition are now near impossible to source in Ghana and prices have risen accordingly
Measurements 4’11” x 3’6″, 149 cm x 107
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