Asante Collection

The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874, (1901). General Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1914) led the British campaign against the forces of Kofi Karikari

Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape, Ghana, 17th / 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Goldweight Depicting a Geometric Shape, Ghana, 17th/18th century

Royal Chair (Akonkromfi), Ghana, Probably mid- / late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Royal Chair (Akonkromfi), Ghana, Probably mid-/late 19th century

Goldweight with a Geometric Design, Ghana, 18th / 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Goldweight with a Geometric Design, Ghana, 18th/19th century

Jewelry, 1800s. Creator: Unknown
Jewelry, 1800s. Shared by different Akan and Akan-related peoples, including the Asante and Baule, gold ornaments indicate status and wealth and are worn at public festivals by titleholders, chiefs

Burning of Coomassie, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

King Koffees Palace, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Funeral of Eyre, c1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
Funeral of Eyre, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Amoaful, c1880. Artist: W. P
Amoaful, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874).From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Advance of Highlanders, c1880. Artist: T. R
Advance of Highlanders, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

A Skirmish in the Forest, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

In the Bush, c1880. Artist: John Greenaway
In the Bush, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

A Cape Coast King and his Court, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Village on the West Coast of Africa, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Warrior of Elmina, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Pontoon-bridge on the Prah, c1880. Artist: W. P
Pontoon-bridge on the Prah, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Reception of King Koffees Ambassadors in the English Camp, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Fight at Abracrampa, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
Fight at Abracrampa, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

March of Ashantee Warriors, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

View of Elmina, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

View of Coomassie, c1880. Artist: W. P
View of Coomassie, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

The Bonny Men Led The Advance, 1902. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
The Bonny Men Led The Advance, 1902. The Battle of Amoaful was a battle fought on 31st January 1874, during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. I

Cape Coast Castle, c1880. Episode of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Rites at Funeral of Ashantee Chief. Artist: A Thom
Rites at Funeral of Ashantee Chief. A print from The Faiths of the World, a Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects Their Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies and Customs, Vol I, by James Gardner

Ashanti architecture, Ghana, 1922Artist: PA McCann
Ashanti architecture, Ghana, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Prempeh, last of the Ashanti kings, Ghana, 1922. Artist: PA McCann
Prempeh, last of the Ashanti kings, Ghana, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A man and a boy from the Ashanti people, Ghana, Africa, 1936. Artist: LNA Images
A man and a boy from the Ashanti people, Ghana, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Review in Windsor Great Park of the troops from the Ashanti war, 1900. Artist: G Durand
Review in Windsor Great Park of the troops from the Ashanti war, 1900. The march past Queen Victoria. During the Ashanti Campaign

King Koffees Palace, Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. During the Ashanti Campaign, the local Ashanti people offered substantial resistance to British imperial ambitions in Africa

Coomassie, Ashanti War, Africa, 1900. A view of Kumasi in the Gold Coast, (now Ghana, the first African country to gain independence)

Ashanti gold mask made using the lost wax casting method

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