
The Power of Gold
Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana
Roslyn Adele Walker(Editor)
Yale University Press
Published on 15. May 2018
Book
Hardback
134 pages
978-0-300-23304-9 (ISBN)
Description
This stunning volume showcases and explores a rich and varied collection of Asante royal regalia in the broader context of Asante art. The Asante Kingdom, founded around 1701 in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), was renowned for gold, the foundation of its wealth and power. For centuries they mined this metal and traded it with northerners on the Saharan caravan routes and Europeans along the Atlantic coast. The earliest examples of Asante gold were recovered from the wreck of the Whydah, a slave ship that sank off Cape Cod in 1717. The Power of Gold focuses on a dazzling array of adornments and implements used by Asante royals and officials during the 18th century to the present day-providing a deeper understanding of the history, traditions, and visual arts of the Asante people, one of the thriving cultures of West Africa.
Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Dallas Museum of Art
(04/15/18-08/12/18)
Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Dallas Museum of Art
(04/15/18-08/12/18)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
160 color + 15 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-23304-9 (9780300233049)
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Roslyn A. Walker is senior curator of the arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas and Margaret McDermott Curator of African Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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