Context (Related Documents)
Black and white photograph attached to rear of catalogue card.

Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal

Description (Physical description)
Bottle top, carved.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 07/05/2001
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)
Bottle stopper. Schematised double human head, no eyes indicated, just their position. Harness hole in the middle of stopper. Flat heads, functional carving. Mouths are open. The base of the stopper is decorated with linear designs in triangular shapes. 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 (Physical description)
Carved wooden bottle stopper. Comprises of a rounded top with two back-to-back faces above, joined with a pointed arch; continues into a long protrusion below, which narrows towards the tip. Incised decoration present on exterior of rounded top.
Event Date 5/10/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal