Gourd

Description

Gourd of Asante origin, silver mounted with two engraved plaques, taken by Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope, 42nd Highland Regiment, during the Third Anglo-Asante War (1873 - 1874), Ghana, West Africa

Museum reference

M.1931.730

Object name

Gourd

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Asante

Materials

Gourd, Silver

Physical description

Vessel formed from the fruit of a gourd plant. The exterior has a decorative carving in a wave-like pattern. The silver mounts include four round silver feet, a protrusion to the side of the gourd and the interior, which is decorated with a zig-zag pattern. There are two plaques on each side of the gourd: one side is inscribed with Wauchope's initials 'A.G.W.' and the date '1893'; the other with 'Coomassie 1874'. Hallmarked: Edinburgh, 1892, JC & Co.

Associations

British land forces: 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
Previous owner: Wauchope, Andrew Gilbert, Major General, 1846 - 1899
War: Third Anglo-Asante War, 1873 - 1874
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana, Western Africa

On display

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