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We have 3 objects tagged proverbs.

Black flag with alternating squares of red and white forming a border. Flag depicts an all-female militia confronting a male intruder who reacts with fear to their presence. The two women closest to the intruder carry a flag and a drum while the others carry rifles and a machete. A small British flag appears in the upper left hand corner. The initials of the militia are embroidered along the bottom edge. The flag is fringed on three sides.

Asafo Flag (Ghana), before 1957
cotton.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. William Goulding and from General....
2009-2-1

This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Woman's cotton wrapper, dyed dark brown and printed with hand-carved stamps in a dark glossy ink. The cloth is divided into a grid of four by seven squares; each square is printed with a single geometric pattern. The motifs are carved on fragments of calabash gourd, then stamped on fabric in a technique called adinkra.

Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana), mid-20th century
cotton.
Bequest of Mary Kirby.
1962-123-2

This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Length of printed cotton with a pale yellow ground and a design in brown, blue and red of hands, running legs, and rabbits, surrounded by curving vines. With inscription reading "Wonda ya chi, Zomo ya chi gudu," translated from the Hausa as "Whoever catches a hare has to run for it."

Textile, Wonda ya chi, Zomo ya chi gudu (Whoever catches a hare has to run...
cotton.
Gift of Paula Habig.
1958-73-9

This object was made by Heinrich Habig Aktiengesellschaft Stoffdruckerei.
This object is part of the Textiles Department collection.
There are 2 images of this object.