Ghana Collection

Costumes de Différents Pays, Negre de la Côte d'Or, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Negre de la Cote d'Or, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Gentilhomme de la Côte d'Or, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Gentilhomme de la Cote d'Or, c1797

Sketch Map of the Theatre of War in Ashanti, 1900, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sketch Map of the Theatre of War in Ashanti, 1900, c1900. Showing Hodgson's line of retreat, line of advance, friendly towns, rivers, roads and sites of battles

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

Wood hair comb from Ghana, 1950s. Creator: Unknown
It had been assumed that the afro comb was invented in the 1970s when the afro hairstyle became popular in the West, along with the Black is beautiful movement

Burl bowl, 1750-1850. Creator: Unknown
A large wooden bowl with an uneven shape and a rounded bottom. The lip is decorated with incised Adinkra symbols (symbols from Ghana that represent concepts or aphorisms)

German Colonies in West Africa at the Outbreak of War, 1914, (c1920). Map of African territory occupied by European powers at the start of the First World War, including French West Africa

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

The Gold Coast Regiment, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Gold Coast Regiment, 1936. From " Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas". [John Player & Sons, 1936]

The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade Clearing the Streets of Coomassie, 1874. Creator: Unknown
The Ashantee War: the Naval Brigade Clearing the Streets of Coomassie, 1874. British sailors terrorising the inhabitants of Kumasi (in what is now Ghana), in a scene from the Anglo-Ashanti war

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 Subdued King of Akim Carried on his Chair of State, 1902. The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1824 -1901), Ghana. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

On the March to Kumassi: A Halt for Dinner, 1902. The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1824 -1901) Ghana. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. III

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 Gold Coast potter and her clay, Ghana, West Africa, 1922. Artist: PA McCann
A Gold Coast potter and her clay, Ghana, West Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

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

Fanti women making earthenware, Elmina, Ghana, 1922. Artist: PA McCann
Fanti women making earthenware, Elmina, 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)

The Prince of Wales planting a tree at the Kumasi Church College, Ghana, 1926. On the death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Prince Edward (1894-1972) was proclaimed King Edward VIII

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)

Kumasi, Ashanti, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. In 1957, the Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to become independent, and was renamed Ghana

Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. The Castle was originally built for the trade in timber and gold, and was later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Elmina, Gold Coast, West Africa, c1890. Elmina was the first important European port on the Gold Coast. It was founded by Portuguese in 1482 and became a major centre for the gold trade

Ashanti gold mask made using the lost wax casting method

Dearly Bought, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Dearly Bought, 1874. Sir Garnet Wolseley is depicted presenting Britannia with King King Coffees state umbrella. British troops in the background stand guard over the dejected native King

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