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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) - A U.S. museum has returned a batch of royal regalia to Ghana that was looted by British colonial ...

ACCRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. museum has returned seven pieces of artifacts looted from Ghana by British forces almost 150 years ago.

ACCRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. museum has returned seven pieces of artifacts looted from Ghana by British forces almost 150 years ago. It was a historic moment

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Ashanti overlord Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says he has brought the spirit and soul of Ashanti back after he received artefacts looted from Kumasi about 150 years ago at the Manhyia Palace.Seven golden artefacts looted from Kumasi in 1874 found their way to the Fowler Museum in California, United States. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II secured the artefacts after several failed attempts by his predecessors, including Otumfuo Agyemang Prempeh II.

The Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles, has repatriated seven royal artifacts to Ghana.

A California museum on Thursday returned seven royal artefacts to Ghana’s traditional Ashanti king to commemorate his silver jubilee in the first planned handovers of Ashanti treasures looted during colonial times. The move follows recent announcements by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to lend gold and silver treasures looted from the Asante kingdom back to Ghana in a six-year deal.

The returned objects include gold jewelry, an elephant tail whisk and an ornamental chair originally taken from the Asante Kingdom by British forces during a 19th-century conflict.

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Museum officials traveled to the city of Kumasi to return the objects on the 150th anniversary of their seizure