The jugs include the British Museum’s Asante Ewer, which was made in England but ended up in West Africa, before being looted by the British
The three ewers on display at York Army Museum, with the Asante one in the middle, the York one on…
In 2024, 17 items of Asante gold court regalia in the V&A’s collection went on show in Kumasi, the capital of Asante in Ghana, for the first time in over 150 years. The exhibition, Homecoming: Adversity and Commemoration, with the gold at its heart, was opened by Asante…
In 2024, the V&A commissioned a sculpture to be designed and made by the Asante royal goldsmith, Nana Poku Amponsah Dwumfour, in collaboration with the British Ghanaian artist-goldsmith, Emefa Cole. Unity celebrates a new relationship between the V&A and the Royal Palace in Kumasi, the capital of…
