Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag label: "Bini strainer (ahe); Used for maize; the grain is soaked for some days and soaked in mortar; it is then put in the strainer then again in a vessel, water, the utilisable part, the maize passes though the sides of the ahe and then it is shaken from side to side. Made of tie-tie ukwe". Added in pencil "Oncocalamus sp?".
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Black and white photograph attached to rear of catalogue card.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Strainer.

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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 7/15/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)", but 1-7 has had "Bini" crossed out in the Thomas Catalogue.
Event Date 31/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ahe or strainer. Woven from strips of split cane with uprights used to form the rim and woven back down at intervals; flat, circular base.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Katrina Dring