Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on the object in black ink: 'T.10.1592'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card has a stamp which reads " Coll -Thomas: Don- Bevan"
Card reads " O.N. 1532" on rear
'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 1/9/2000
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card reads "Uleka. Brass ring in shape of maltese cross (Avene)
Event Date 1/9/2000
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
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 10/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Documented by Mark Alexander on 20/3/1983. Z 12851 has negative number 12/35. 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

Description (CMS Description)
Brass ring, with Maltese cross attached to it. The cross consists of the outline of a Maltese cross in brass cast; the inner surface is vacant so the cross is not a solid one. The cross is decorated with incised dots. The ring has three raised lines. The Maltese cross could be a sign of Portuguese influence. Not cast too far away from this area, because the rings are ubiquitous. Worn by people of rank and authority, a prestige item. 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)
A brass ring with an open work cross, a Maltese cross, with an open circle in the centre. Cross decorated around the edges with incised crescent shapes. The ring band has three ridges.
Event Date 17/9/2021
Author: Emily Shorter