Description: A new title in the British Museum's Object in Focus series that unpacks the history of a fascinating vessel and its journey from medieval England to West Africa and back.
Brief description: Julie Hudson is a curator in the Department of Ethnography, The British Museum, and among her particular areas of interest are the textiles of Tunisia
Review Quotes: "The highlights of 'Object Journeys' are three beautifully crafted medieval ewers (lidded jugs), which made the extraordinary journey from Europe to West Africa, eventually travelling to the royal palace in Kumasi (in modern Ghana), where they were looted by British soldiers in the Anglo-Asante wars of 1896 and 1900."-- "The Yorkshire Post"