Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: Stave (Ogun) with carved human figure holding hatchet
Labelled 'Thomas Colln, S. Nigeria 1910-13, 2218.303'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on base in pencil: '303'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to base reads: '2218 | 303 / Stave (ogun), highly carved. / Bini.'
Event Date
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
Author: maa

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

Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
This appears to be part of a group of rattle staffs collected by Thomas, but does not have a rattle section and is much shorter.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Short carved wooden staff with standing figure at the top, holding an axe or hatchet. The figure is wearing a cap, has scarification marks on face and body, holds an axe in one hand and a broken implement in the other. It is not clear what was held in the left hand, but it appears to have had a shaft handle and have been held at an angle to the body. The figure stands on a base with lines incised around the outside.
Event Date 1/10/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ogun. Short carved wooden staff with standing figure at the top. The figure is wearing a cap and ha as scarification marks on the face and body. It is holding an axe in the right hand and another implement in the left hand; however, this has snapped off and is missing.
Event Date 20/10/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff