Representative of AngloGold Ashanti who purchased the artefacts from an art collector at West African works in 1922, handed over the ornaments to the King of Asante, bringing the total number of ...
The war resulted in the defeat of the Asante kingdom and the exile of King Prempeh I to the Seychelles. The artefacts, which were looted by British soldiers during the war, have been in the ...
This brought the total number of Asante artifacts returned from British looting in the 1900s to 67. South African symbolic items include swords, linguist staff, proverbial gold-weights that show ...
Do communities have an idea numerically of artifacts outside their possession and under different ownerships?” he asked. Mr. Ampah praised the outstanding leadership of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei ...
An estimated 350,000 African artefacts and manuscripts ... from Asantehene Kofi Karikari’s palace during the Third Anglo-Asante War of 1873-4, while there are 116 objects linked to the British ...
Originally crafted by Asante court artisans, they include swords, linguist staffs, palace security locks, rings, necklaces and gold weights. The artefacts were authenticated by historian and ...
Originally crafted by Asante court artisans, they include swords, linguist staffs, palace security locks, rings, necklaces and gold weights. The artefacts were authenticated by historian and ...