Accession No
Z 14415
Description
Small, red-brown pottery head with two faces, one on each side, for ceremonial staff. It has patterns on the cheeks, a helmet or headdress and the base has a hole.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Ondo State; Ifon
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14415; T10.2142 [?Thomas Collection number - part of a series of numbers missing from Thomas Collection catalogue]; 501 [?Thomas Collection number - part of a series of numbers missing from Thomas Collection catalogue]
Cultural Affliation
Yoruba
Material
Pottery; Stone
Local Term
Measurements
34mm x 52mm x 36mm Weight 0.05kg
Events
Context (References)
(bib): Blench.R.M. In The Nigerian Field 60: 20-28 (1995). The Work of N.W. Thomas as Government Anthropologist in Nigeria.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Top, of ceremonial staff.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
'See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria'.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
'Small red-brown pottery head with two faces, one on each side. Hole in base, presumably for insertion of staff. One eye in each face, pattern on cheeks, helmet and base are inset with black ?stone. Other small ?stones appear to be missing'.
Event Date 26/7/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Small, red-brown pottery head with two faces, one on each side, for ceremonial staff. It has patterns on the cheeks, a helmet or headdress and the base has a hole.
Event Date 8/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie
FM:123338
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