The Asante Ewer

The exhibition features the Asante Ewer, which was made in England between 1340 and 1405, then travelled to West Africa, ending up in a courtyard of the royal palace of the Asantehene, king of the Asante people, in Kumasi (in present-day Ghana). A second ewer was presented to the Prince of Wales's Regiment but ended up in the same mysterious photograph taken in 1896 after the palace was looted by the British. The two jugs have finally been reunited in this exhibition. The objects being the star of the show, were lit with warm pools of discreetly targeted lighting. Large super graphics were suspended above the object displays, tinted with sepia-coloured accents, whilst the softly lit graphics were incased in a rich deep red colour of the surrounding walls.