Author:

McCaskie, T. C  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Ashanti (Kingdom)

Kumasi (Ghana)

Date:

1972

19th century

Notes:

Includes discussion of Asante rulers' cultural eclecticism in assimilating European ideas and material objects. Among European travellers to 19th-century Kumasi discussed are Thomas Bowdich, Thomas Birch Freeman, Friedrich Ramseyrer, Johannes Kühne, Huydecoper, William Hutton, and Joseph Dupuis. The Asantehene with whom they interacted were Osei Bonsu, Kwaku Dua I, and Kofi Karikari.

Topic:

History  Search this

Kings and rulers  Search this

Medicine  Search this

Call number:

H1 .C737

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_487794