Context (Production / use)
Thomas Collection Cataolgue reads in type " Boys use as alusi; to keep alive"
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card reads "Conventionalised figure without a pipe"

Event Date 22/5/2000
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

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Thomas Catalogue notes for 412 (Z 13712) "Ikenga Boys use as alusi to keep alive" and for 414, (Z 13714) "okpulu amanwulu Amanwulu title use for sitting". These 2 records may have become confused.

Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
From record Z 13714/Record 2: Black and white photograph on the rear of the original catalogue card.
New catalogue card reads "Horned statuette in the Ikenga style".
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
From record Z 13714/Record 2: Small wooden conventionalised Ikenga figure. There a hole, ?original, in base and a large crack extends from this through the object.
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
From record Z 13714/Record 2: Wooden carved figure with horns sitting on a circular base. There is a rectangular frame on the front of the abdomen. There is a crack and a historical hole in the base.
Event Date 17/7/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
From record Z 13714/Record 2: Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 17/7/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ikenga amuaka. Alusi. A wooden figure carved in relief. Depicted with horns or possibly raised arms and with a ridged and notched middle section on a circular base. There is a rectangular frame on the front of the abdomen. There is a crack and a historical hole in the base.
Event Date 20/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins