Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to shaft and reads '1841 | 465 Charm (ofo urnuazi) put in front of Okpensi when giving fowl or kola nuts Nibo.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Government Anthropologist Northcote W. Thomas and purchased using money from Prof. A.A. Bevan’s subscription to the Museum’s Accessions Fund.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
Put in front of okpensi when giving fowl or kola nuts to it
Added in different handwriting "Charm"
A red circular sticker on card

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Object is piece of wood with ridge at one end, this is smeared with feathers and black substance, ?mud.
Event Date 30/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ofo umuazi. A cylindrical charm made of wood, wider at one end,, which is covered with fragments of plant fibres, feathers and black surface accretions.
Event Date 26/11/2021
Author: rachel hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Brown luggage style Thomas label notes '465 Ofo'.
Event Date 26/11/2021
Author: rachel hand

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2021.5230 | Freezing
Event Date 9/12/2021
Author: Ayesha Fuentes