Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '62' has been written on the left side of an old label.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

Event Date 8/6/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Kola box, ram's head.
Event Date 8/6/2000
Author: maa

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 (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

Description (Physical description)
Kola nut box in the shape of a ram's head with two horns. Obvious and typical Benin design. The head of the ram is covered with little circular incisions. The teeth are exposed and all these features point to Benin manufacture.
[Information provided by Dr Ohioma Pogoson, Honorary Curator of the Museum of the Institute for African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. January 2013.]
Event Date 29/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Numbered '163' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue.
Event Date 3/1/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Kola nut box in the shape of a ram's head with two horns. The lid (.1) is shaped as the head and is covered with little circular incisions. The teeth are exposed, all these features point to Benin manufacture. The base (.2) has a flat bottom and is also decorated with circular incisions.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Louise Puckett