{"product_id":"the-asante-ewer-lloyd-de-beer-9780714138015","title":"The Asante Ewer","description":"The fourteenth-century metal jug today popularly known as the Asante Ewer has a remarkable story. It was made in medieval England but transported to West Africa, possibly at some point between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. By the nineteenth century it was located in a courtyard associated with the royal palace of the Asantehene, the king of the Asante people in Kumasi, present-day Ghana. During widespread looting by British forces in the aftermath of the so- called Fourth Anglo-Asante War of 1896, the ewer was removed from the royal building and subsequently purchased by the British Museum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book includes a detailed close reading of the object itself, which is one of the finest examples of late medieval English bronze casting. It also explores the significance of the vessel in both European and African contexts - from the intricate medieval symbolism, linked to English royalty, that forms its decoration, to its potential connections with the trade in ivory and gold across the Sahara and the West African coast. Finally, this publication addresses collecting practices of the nineteenth century and their inextricable links with colonialism, as well as discussing how the ewer has historically been presented in a European context and is now being re-evaluated to include its African history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd De Beer,Julie Hudson,Ivor Agyeman-Duah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0714138010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714138015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Museum Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lloyd De Beer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424843251967,"sku":"9780714138015","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db5c471f-4cff-4695-90e1-fb0cb2a1bd73.jpg?v=1761532904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-asante-ewer-lloyd-de-beer-9780714138015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}