Context (Production / use)
Basket for head, round and flat, used by women for counting cowries in market, made of cane (atete).

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adds "[is used] as, basis of load etc" [R.Hand]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Then number '1369' has been written on the left side of the Thomas Collection label.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
Black and white photograph attached to rear of catalogue card

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)".
Event Date 31/15/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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)
Basketry coming undone in 2 areas on the rim. The base is broken in one of these areas. [R.Hand]
Event Date 16/7/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Numbered '47' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue.
Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Atete. Round, flat basket made of flat strips of cane woven in groups in a zig-zag pattern. The rim is formed of a stiff, wide band of plant material bound in the same cane.
Event Date 13/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe