Context (Related Documents)
See reverse of catalogue card for pencil drawing

Event Date
Author: maa

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

Description (Labels & Markings)
'T10.1542' written on object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Hair ornament, iron, representing various things.
Event Date 21/6/2000
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
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

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)
Iron hair ornament with an intricate floral design. A part of one of the longer prongs has broken off in the past.

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