Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag label attached with string: '201 | Mat (osika) / for placing hot pot on [?native] box or floor. / Bini'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Stand for pot
[different hand] of coiled and plaited cane.
Event Date
Author: maa

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

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. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Old label adds "Mat (osika). For placing hot pot on native box or floor" Small section of cane damaged and missing.
Event Date 16/7/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as " Bini (Benin City)" [R.Hand]

Event Date 8/8/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Osika or stand for a pot. Made from a coil of cane, wrapped with further cane strips and plaited around the inner and outer circumference. Cane broken in several places, with two main sections missing.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Katrina Dring