Accession No

Z 12041


Description

Atete ugwe or woman's ornament basket with lid. Shallow, circular basket and lid with gourd walls wrapped with sorghum and a woven sorghum base; basket and lid attached by a hinge of ten two ply cords; possible fastening with two ply cord. Fastening broken and missing.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Benin City


Period


Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 12041; 34 (Thomas Coll.; 1st Catalogue); 1321


Cultural Affliation

Edo


Material

Plant; Cane; Fibre; Gourd


Local Term

atete ugwe [on Thomas label]; atete ngwe [Thomas catalogue]


Measurements

200mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Woman's basket with lid, round, flat top and bottom, ornamented.
[different hand] made of cane.

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Physical description)
Small sections of damage to lid. [R.Hand]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag label attached with string: '34 | Woman's ornament basket / (ate tepig we). Made of a kind of sorghum itoto. / Bini'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas collection label attached with string: '1321 | 34 / Basket (atete ugwe) with lid, round, flat top and bottom, ornamented. / Bini'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Black and white photograph attached to rear of catalogue card.

Event Date 2/6/2000
Author: maa


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 7/15/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)". [R.Hand]

Event Date 31/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Catalogue)
Numbered '34' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue.
Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Atete ugwe or woman's ornament basket with lid. Shallow, circular basket and lid with gourd walls wrapped with sorghum and a woven sorghum base; basket and lid attached by a hinge of ten two ply cords; possible fastening with two ply cord. Fastening broken and missing.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Atete ugwe or woman's ornament basket with lid. Shallow, circular basket and lid with gourd walls wrapped with cane and a woven cane base; basket and lid attached by a hinge of ten two ply cords; possibly fastening with two ply cord. Fastening broken and missing.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:125237

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