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Two London Museums Say Will Lend Looted Royal Treasures to Ghana
Two London Museums Say Will Lend Looted Royal Treasures to Ghana
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The relics were stolen from Ghana by the British army during the colonial era and were subsequently acquired by the museums at auctions in... 25.01.2024, Sputnik Africa
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The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) will lend a priceless collection of looted gold and silver regalia associated with the Asante royal court to Ghana under a three-year loan deal, the museums said in a joint statement out Thursday. The artifacts will be put on display this year at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the main city of Ghana's Ashanti Region. It will form part of an exhibition that celebrates the 2024 silver jubilee of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the direct descendant of Asante rulers, as well as commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Third Anglo-Asante war and the 100th anniversary of the return of Asante ruler Prempeh I from exile in the Seychelles.
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Two London Museums Say Will Lend Looted Royal Treasures to Ghana
14:03 25.01.2024 (Updated: 15:18 25.01.2024) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The relics were stolen from Ghana by the British army during the colonial era and were subsequently acquired by the museums at auctions in Europe. They include 17 items from the V&A collection and 15 from the British Museum, such as a gold peace pipe, a harp-shaped gold ornament and cast-gold soul-washers' badges.
The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) will lend a priceless collection of looted gold and silver regalia associated with the Asante royal court to Ghana under
a three-year loan deal, the museums said in a joint statement out Thursday.
"These objects are of cultural, historical and spiritual significance to the Asante people. They are also indelibly linked to British colonial history in West Africa, with many of them looted from Kumasi during the Anglo-Asante wars of the 19th century," the statement read.
The artifacts will be put on display this year at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the main city of Ghana's Ashanti Region. It will form part of an exhibition that celebrates the 2024 silver jubilee of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the direct descendant of Asante rulers, as well as commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Third Anglo-Asante war and the 100th anniversary of the return of Asante ruler Prempeh I from exile in the Seychelles.
