Some of the incredible work of the Asafo, the warrior group of the Fante people of Ghana. Exploited by Europeans for centuries, the Fante noted their enslavers obsession with pageantry and mixed it with their own history and traditions to create these amazing, often satirical and defiant banners, many of which are still in use today.
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Saturday, 17 October 2015
LOVELY LITTLE DOGS
'The queen grasps an inxcuintle (the hairless dog used as a hot water bottle in illness and also eaten)'.
MEXICAN FOLK / PAGAN ART.
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