Description (Physical description)
Image of "father" used in ancestral worship, incised (uchure)
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '51 | Image of "father", used in ancestral worship; / uchure / Bini.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to back reads: '833 | Bini | 51 / Image of "father" (uchure); incised.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Numbered '51' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)".

Event Date
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 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
The number '833' has been written on the left side of the Thomas Collection label.
Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Small wooden doll or figure on a base. The face sits on top of a plain wooden shaft, with the diameter slightly increased at the base. The top and back of the head is decorated with an incised grid pattern, as is the circumference of the base.
Event Date 4/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 4/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring