Context (Field collection)
Thomas label: 'Kukuruku tribe'. Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Ijeba (=Kukuruku) (now Uzebba) town. The inhabitants belong to the Edo ethnic group, and also identify themselves further as Yekhee people. The language they speak is also referred to as Yekhee. See Blench, R. M., 1995. The Work of N.W. Thomas as Government Anthropologist in Nigeria. The Nigerian Field, 60, pp.29.

Event Date
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Labels & Markings)
'T.10.1537' written on object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased using money from Prof. A.A. Bevan’s subscription to the Museum’s Accessions Fund.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See reverse of catalogue card for pencil drawing.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornaments, which has 2 long flexible prongs, and 2 shorter ones.
cf Ijeba Z 12439
Event Date 12/6/2000
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object.
Event Date 15/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

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

Description (Physical description)
Ornament for hair, made of brass with four long prongs. Cut out of a sheet of flat beaten metal. One of the prongs is attached by a pin. This so ingeniously done that it is barely visible, which indicates its maker was a very proficient metal worker. The prongs have a curvilinear design somewhat reminiscent of a French lily. Very flexible.

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 4/2/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament or pin with two long, curving prongs and two shorter ones. One of the shorter prongs has been riveted onto the pin. Possibly a contemporary repair.
Event Date 24/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe