The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

Wooden shell stand ‘manufactured by King Theodore’s European workmen’

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What: Wooden stand for shell Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.12 ADescription: Wooden stand for shell: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Magdala, manufactured by King Theodore’sEuropean workmenAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Iron shell ‘manufactured by King Theodore’s European workmen’

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What: Spherical cast iron shell Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.12Description: Spherical shell of cast iron: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Magdala, manufactured by King Theodore’s European workmenAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Whip ‘picked up in the state prison at Magdala’

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What: Whip with wooden handle Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.10Description: Whip or geraf with wooden handle and long coiled leather lash, used for thrashing prisoners to death: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, picked up in the state prison at MagdalaAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh