Description (Physical description)
Blacksmith's hammer for beating out metal longways.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to head of hammer reads: '1239 | 196 / Hammer for blacksmith, for beating out metal. / Bini'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Note on reverse of catalogue card reads: 'It may be that the hammer was the original 197 in which case it has been given the wrong number - but this can't be changed without altering the whole succeeding sequence'

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
The number '1239' has been written on the left side of the Thomas Collection label seen on the hammer.
Event Date
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

Context (Amendments / updates)
There are 2 objects with this IDNO. The Accession Register reads "hammer", but has "stool" added after it. The metal hammer, with an adhered Thomas label notes "196" and on the left "1239" and "Hammer, for blacksmiths, for beating out metal."
Event Date 19/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as 'Bini (Benin City)'.
Event Date 8/8/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
The hammer and stool are numbered '196' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue
Event Date 16/1/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
The catalogue card Z 12203 refers to a hammer with the Thomas number 196 (Catalogue 1). Subsequently a note was added describing a wooden stool which also bears the Thomas number 196. The stool was also added as a note in the Accession Register. It seems that this stool was erroneously labelled Z 12203 and both the stool and hammer were documented under this accession number, being assigned the suffixes .1-2 at a later date.

The confusion between these two objects seems to have arisen due to having the same Thomas number, although from different catalogues. The stool is now understood to be Z 14050 which is numbered 196 in Thomas' 2nd Catalogue and was collected in Obu. It is similar in form to another stool collected during the 2nd Tour, also from Obu, Z 14011. Z 14050 was not located during the 2001 inventory project and was believed to be missing.

All information about the stool has now been transferred to Z 14050 and the record for Z 12203.2 (previously the stool) has been deleted. Since there is now only one object with the accession number Z 12203, the suffix has been removed.

Event Date 16/11/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
A metal hammer used for blacksmithing. Both handle and head made from a single piece of metal. The head is rectangular with a flat working face; the handle is cylindrical. There are some cracks in the surface of the metal and small amounts of rust.
Event Date 26/7/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

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

Event Date 26/7/2018
Author: Katrina Dring