Context (Related Documents)
'1910-13 T.10.1549' has been crossed through on the catalogue card
Black and white photograph attached to rear of catalogue card
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 13138 reads: 'Brass hair ornament, pin at right angle [word unclear], and figure of dog on top.'
Event Date
Author: maa

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: Annie Tomkins

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Okpe town. The inhabitants belong to the Edo ethnic group, and also identify themselves further as Okpe people. The language they speak is also referred to as Okpe. See Blench, R. M., 1995. The Work of N.W. Thomas as Government Anthropologist in Nigeria. The Nigerian Field, 60, pp.29.
Purchased using money from Prof. A.A. Bevan’s subscription to the Museum’s Accessions Fund.
Event Date 4/2/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
T-shaped brass hairpin topped with a four-legged animal figure. The animal has a cavity in its main body. The horizontal bar of the T shape carries similar circular relief impressions and jagged edges to Z 12510. The body of the T-shape is decorated with crosshatchings. The shaft of the pin is undecorated. An attempt has been made to represent the animal figure naturalistically, but it remains unclear what kind of animal this is. It may be a domestic animal. Similar to Z 12680. 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 hair ornament or pin. T-shaped brass hairpin topped with a four-legged animal figure. The animal has a cavity in its main body. The horizontal bar of the T shape carries circular relief impressions and jagged edges. The body of the T-shape is decorated with crosshatching. The shaft of the pin is undecorated.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins