A PATINATED METAL BUSTE OF AQUASI BOACHI PRINCE OF ASHANTI

A PATINATED METAL BUSTE OF AQUASI BOACHI PRINCE OF ASHANTI

Mounted on a marble base, height including base 53,5 cm.
Kwasi Boakye or Kwasi Boachi (1827-1904) was a Prince of the Ashanti Empire who was sent to the Netherlands in 1837 by his father, King Kwaku Dua Panin, to receive education as part of larger negotiations between the Ashanti and the Dutch about the recruitment of Ashanti soldiers for the Dutch East Indies Army.