Context (Amendments / updates)
The note on the catalogue card in pencil, regarding the local word for the object [ugueba], appears to have been added by Eboreime Joseph (see Z 13497)
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
'2178' marked in pencil on the object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for Z 13462 A-C reads: 'A, B, C. 3 combs'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Labels & Markings)
'T.C. 2178 A' written on printed Thomas/Bevan label.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description Z 13462 A-C reads: 'Wooden combs A. Three-pronged comb. B. Four-pronged comb with moulded handle. C. Comb with carved, openwork handle'
[Note: A different hand, in pencil has added '4' in front of 'wooden combs' and in relation to C: 'There are two combs which fit this description and have the same number.']
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 (Display)
On display in the 'Origins of the Afro Comb: 6000 years of Culture, Politics and Identity' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum July 1-November 3 2013. The exhibition label states: Hair combs
Made from wood and cotton thread (42)
and wood (43-51)
Before 1914
From Sabongidda Ora, South Nigeria
Ora, Edo Culture
Made by Ora Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas.
On loan from Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Z 13498 A.C; Z 13462 C; Z 13462 B; Z 13498 A.A; Z 13462 A; Z13462 C; Z 13553 A; Z 13498 A.B; Z 13353 C; Z 13553 B'.
Event Date 23/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Ugueba. A comb carved from wood with a rectangular handle and three cylindrical and tapering prongs. Both sides are decorated with geometric patterns.
Event Date 27/10/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins