Language:EnglishPublisher:British Museum PressISBN-13:9780714138015ISBN-10:714138010UPC:9780714138015Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Africa, European, MovementsBook Topic:West, MedievalSize:8.36 x 5.60 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCKH31W1WB
"The highlights of 'Object Journeys' are three beautifully crafted medieval ewers (lidded jugs), which made the extraordinary journey from Europe to West Africa, eventually travelling to the royal palace in Kumasi (in modern Ghana), where they were looted by British soldiers in the Anglo-Asante wars of 1896 and 1900." - The Yorkshire Post
The fourteenth-century metal jug today popularly known as the Asante Ewer has a remarkable story. It was made in medieval England but transported to West Africa, possibly at some point between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. By the nineteenth century it was located in a courtyard associated with the royal palace of the Asantehene, the king of the Asante people in Kumasi, present-day Ghana. During widespread looting by British forces in the aftermath of the so- called Fourth Anglo-Asante War of 1896, the ewer was removed from the royal building and subsequently purchased by the British Museum.
This book includes a detailed close reading of the object itself, which is one of the finest examples of late medieval English bronze casting. It also explores the significance of the vessel in both European and African contexts - from the intricate medieval symbolism, linked to English royalty, that forms its decoration, to its potential connections with the trade in ivory and gold across the Sahara and the West African coast. Finally, this publication addresses collecting practices of the nineteenth century and their inextricable links with colonialism, as well as discussing how the ewer has historically been presented in a European context and is now being re-evaluated to include its African history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:British Museum PressISBN-13:9780714138015ISBN-10:714138010UPC:9780714138015Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Africa, European, MovementsBook Topic:West, MedievalSize:8.36 x 5.60 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCKH31W1WB
Hudson, Julie: - Julie Hudson is a curator in the Department of Ethnography, The British Museum, and among her particular areas of interest are the textiles of TunisiaAgyeman-Duah, Ivor: - Ivor Agyeman-Duah is the founder of the public organization, Centre for Intellectual Renewal in Ghana. He is the author and editor of several books including An Economic History of Ghana, Bu Me Be: Proverbs of the Akans, which he edited with the late Peggy Appiah and her son Kwame Anthony Appiah and Pilgrims of the Night. Born in 1966 in Kumasi, he was holds MA from the University of Wales and an MSc in Economic Development from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the winner of several international awards including 'The Distinguished Friend of Oxford 2012' at Oxford University.
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"The highlights of 'Object Journeys' are three beautifully crafted medieval ewers (lidded jugs), which made the extraordinary journey from Europe to West Africa, eventually travelling to the royal palace in Kumasi (in modern Ghana), where they were looted by British soldiers in the Anglo-Asante wars of 1896 and 1900." - The Yorkshire Post
The fourteenth-century metal jug today popularly known as the Asante Ewer has a remarkable story. It was made in medieval England but transported to West Africa, possibly at some point between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. By the nineteenth century it was located in a courtyard associated with the royal palace of the Asantehene, the king of the Asante people in Kumasi, present-day Ghana. During widespread looting by British forces in the aftermath of the so- called Fourth Anglo-Asante War of 1896, the ewer was removed from the royal building and subsequently purchased by the British Museum.
This book includes a detailed close reading of the object itself, which is one of the finest examples of late medieval English bronze casting. It also explores the significance of the vessel in both European and African contexts - from the intricate medieval symbolism, linked to English royalty, that forms its decoration, to its potential connections with the trade in ivory and gold across the Sahara and the West African coast. Finally, this publication addresses collecting practices of the nineteenth century and their inextricable links with colonialism, as well as discussing how the ewer has historically been presented in a European context and is now being re-evaluated to include its African history.
Hudson, Julie: - Julie Hudson is a curator in the Department of Ethnography, The British Museum, and among her particular areas of interest are the textiles of TunisiaAgyeman-Duah, Ivor: - Ivor Agyeman-Duah is the founder of the public organization, Centre for Intellectual Renewal in Ghana. He is the author and editor of several books including An Economic History of Ghana, Bu Me Be: Proverbs of the Akans, which he edited with the late Peggy Appiah and her son Kwame Anthony Appiah and Pilgrims of the Night. Born in 1966 in Kumasi, he was holds MA from the University of Wales and an MSc in Economic Development from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the winner of several international awards including 'The Distinguished Friend of Oxford 2012' at Oxford University.
