This will probably be held in 2025-26, when the British Museum curator Lloyd de Beer is publishing a scholarly book. The Asante Ewer was seized when British troops ransacked the Asante king’s compound in Kumasi during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars in January 1896. It was acquired by a senior officer, Charles St Leger Barter, who sold it to the British Museum for £50. Along with the Asante Ewer, two other smaller and simpler jugs were also looted by the British at Kumasi. The Asante Ewer is at present displayed in the British Museum’s medieval gallery, although the smaller ewer is not on show.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 27, 2023 13:07 UTC