Manhyia receives 28 more looted artefacts
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, The Asantehene, has taken delivery of 28 gold artefacts looted during the Sagrenti War at a grand durbar at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
This formed part of activities to make the 100th anniversary celebration of the return King Prempeh I from exile.
Representative of AngloGold Ashanti who purchased the artefacts from an art collector at West African works in 1922, handed over the ornaments to the King of Asante, bringing the total number of restituted Asante artifacts from the British plunder in the 1900s to 67.
The symbolic artifacts from South Africa include linguist staff, swords, palace security locks, rings, necklaces, and proverbial gold-weights depicting crocodiles and gold scandals.
Leading the official handover at the Durbar were Mr. Stewart Bai...