Description (Physical description)
Iron ornament for hair with a twisted iron handle and 2 spirals on the top
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object.
Event Date 10/5/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

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: maa

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)
Iron hairpin. Though not quite similar to Z 25492, Z 12505, Z 12894, Z 12372, Z 12847, Z 12921 and Z 25464, it does share stylistic features with the aforementioned. It consists of a piece of metal, which is split at the top and subsequently twisted into a rounded beaten spiral. The body of the pin is twisted several times before being flattened out and receding into a sharp point. 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)
An iron hairpin. The head of the pin is split at the top creating two forks and subsequently twisted into rounded, beaten spirals. The body of the pin is twisted several times before being flattened out and tapering to a sharp point which curves upwards.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins