Context (CMS Context)
'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 7/7/2000
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Bracelet of wrought brass, twisted. Thick and heavy with ends overlapping and incised decorations by dots, criss-cross, and vertical lines.
Event Date 7/7/2000
Author: maa

Context (Other)
Documented by Roger Blench on 17/2/1983. Has negative number 10/23. Information taken from Roger Blench’s paper copy of the Northcote W. Thomas database created in the 1990s. Archival reference: AA6/4/18.
Event Date 11/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

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 4/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
All (A-C) are intricately decorated. Ends overlap by about seven cm. Spiral design is very sharply executed, professional work. Dots and criss cross decorations on spiral. Ends consist of segments of three vertical lines alternated by triangular ‘carvings’. All three probably belonged to the same person. 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)
The accession number is marked in black on the object.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie