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The Queen of Ashantee's bed, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

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The Queen of Ashantee's bed, 1874. The British Army in West Africa. 'The palace of King Coffee Calcallee...is the only building at Coomassie [ie Kumasi] partly constructed of stone and having two stories...The upper rooms were filled with an oddly mixed collection of furniture, ornaments, and nick-nacks, some of European, some of native African, some of Arab or Moorish manufacture. In the King's bed-room, at opposite sides, were two beds; one, upon a French tent bedstead, was appropriated to his Majesty's use; the other, on the floor level, belonged to his principal wife. These articles of household furniture are shown in the engraving. The bed-room is hung all round with blue striped calico. The floor is of clay, painted bright red, but with several low hat-shaped mounds, which are white, designed as fetish memorials of deceased Kings and Princes of the Royal family'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A32_461

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Droits gérés

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7,8Mo (714,6Ko) / 14,8cm x 13,1cm / 1753 x 1548 (300dpi)

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