Accession No
Z 25491 A
Description
Brass hairpin with a flat head, rounded at the end with two triangular notches in each side. The head is decorated with lozenge-shaped sections of crosshatching. The head tapers in to the pin, which is flat and has a point at the end.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Uzebba [Ijeba]
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 25491 A
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Yekhee
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
205mm
Events
Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased using money from Prof. A.A. Bevan’s subscription to the Museum’s Accessions Fund.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Brass hair pin ornament with pattern infilled with cross hatching - on front surface.
Event Date 12/6/2000
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Traces of old bronze disease. [R.Hand]
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. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Ijeba (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 4/2/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden
Description (Physical description)
Brass hairpin with linear designs beaten onto it. The designs are of triangular shapes. The pin tapers down into a narrow point. Rounded head. The head is divided in three segments. A diamond shape design was attempted in the middle segment as in B, but it is less clear.
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 hairpin with a flat head, rounded at the end with two triangular notches in each side. The head is decorated with lozenge-shaped sections of crosshatching. The head tapers in to the pin, which is flat and has a point at the end.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:125511
Images (Click to view full size):