Context (Found together / assemblage)
'See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria'. T.Cotterill,7/5/2001.
Event Date 14/7/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bracelet of wrought brass
[different hand] Open, with outer edge decorated by deeply incised oblique ridges
Event Date 14/7/2000
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
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 4/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Bracelet with wide gap in between, C shape with slit 2 cm wide. Chunky raised diagonal lines running across the bracelet. Both ends on the side of the slit are decorated with dots. Signs of casting sand on it. Brass. Residue is not cleaned off properly. Information provided by Dr Ohioma Pogoson, Honorary Curator of the Museum of the Institute for African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. November 2012.
Event Date 4/12/2012
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
A label with Thomas Collection details is adhered on the internal surface of the object.
Event Date 13/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked in white on the internal surface of the object.
Event Date 13/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie