Object

Accession No

Z 12838

Description

Bracelet, made of wrought copper brass, with a twisted design. It is open and has incised pattern near the closing.

Place

Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; [South Nigeria]; Edo State; Okpe

Period

Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 12838; 1519 (Thomas Collection No'; 1st Catalogue); 1401 [written on left side of Thomas Collection label]; T.C. 1519 [written on printed Thomas/Bevan label]

Cultural Affliation

Edo; Okpe

Material

Metal; Copper; Brass

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'Bracelet of wrought copper / brass [in different handwriting], twisted. Open with incised pattern near the ends'
Event Date 7/7/2000
Author: maa

Context (References)
'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

Description (Physical description)
Similar to Z 12821B and Z 12997. Brass bracelet. Thick and solid with twisted design for the main body. Tapering towards slit, flatly. Flat parts are profusely decorated with vertical and horizontal lines, circles, triangles and dots. The short side of the flat parts are decorated with circles and dots on both sides. Heavy bracelet. 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 11/2012
Author: maa

Context (References)
Documented by Roger Blench on 24/2/1983. Z 12838 has negative number 10/21. 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 10/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

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, made of wrought copper brass, with a twisted design. It is open and has incised pattern near the closing.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked on the object.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The Thomas Collection label is adhered to the object.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

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