Context (Related Documents)
Thomas label found with object reads (please see photo for further clarification): '192 Bellows (ekwe) for blacksmith forge Bini. Funnel (obwe), tubes (ihege), block (ekwe), bellows (ohio), sticks (ihreckwe)'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 12200[.1-2] reads: 'Bellows for blacksmith's forge. Block of wood (ekwe); with funnels (obwe), sticks (ihreckwe), tubes (ihege) and bellows of leather.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on catalogue card for Z 12200[.1-2] in different hand reads: 'cf Z 12504'.
Event Date 9/6/2000
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)"

Event Date 8/8/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Numbered '192' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue.
Event Date 16/1/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Ekwe, obwe, ihreckwe, ihege, ohio. Bellows for a blacksmith's forge. Block of wood (ekwe) with funnels (obwe), sticks (ihreckwe), tubes (ihege), and bellows (ohio) of leather. The carved, wooden body of the bellows is hollow and sub-rectangular in shape with a slightly rounded base and ends. There are two carved holes on the obverse with leather bellows attached; that are secured in place with cane binding which is in turn tied to a metal ring. Beneath the bellow holes on one side are two craved holes.
Event Date 17/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins