The king of the Asante kingdom in Ghana, also known as the Asantehene, has been given back seven royal objects that were stolen from the kingdom almost 150 years ago.
The things were brought back from the Fowler Museum at the University of California in the US and given to King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in a ceremony on Thursday.
They have a gold necklace, a fancy chair, two gold decorations for stools, and two bracelets.
An important person’s elephant tail whisk, a special ceremonial item, was given back, according to Erica P Jones, who works with African art at Fowler Museum.
The items have been at Fowler Museum since 1965, but were taken by British forces from the Asantehene’s Manhyia Palace in the city of Kumasi, southern Ghana, in 1874.
The items were returned to the kingdom less than two weeks after the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum loaned back 32 items that had been stolen from there in the 19th Century.
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US museum returns pilfered artefacts to Ghana
