Accession No
Z 12510
Description
A brass hair ornament or pin. With a long, cylindrical pin that tapers to a point. The head or handle of the pin consists of a vertical and linear band of roughly octagonal sections, that appear similar to a honeycomb pattern. At each end are smaller vertical sections of the same pattern. The reverse of the object is undecorated.
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 12510; 1294 [Thomas Coll. No. - 1st Cat.]; T.10 1548
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Yekhee
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Brass
Local Term
Measurements
80mm x 85mm
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
Context (Amendments / updates)
'1910-13 T.10.1548' has been crossed through on the catalogue card
Pencil sketch on reverse of catalogue card
Event Date 23/6/2000
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament, undecorated on reverse
Event Date 23/6/2000
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object. [R.Hand]
Event Date 10/5/2001
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: 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)
Brass hairpin made in a wide H shape with the actual pin emanating from the middle bar. The H shape is decorated with deep circular impression similar to Z 13138, making it look like a relief. The edges of the shape are jagged. The shaft of the pin is undecorated.
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)
A brass hair ornament or pin. With a long, cylindrical pin that tapers to a point. The head or handle of the pin consists of a vertical and linear band of roughly octagonal sections, that appear similar to a honeycomb pattern. At each end are smaller vertical sections of the same pattern. The reverse of the object is undecorated.
Event Date 21/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:125714
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