Accession No
Z 12368
Description
A brass hairpin. The design of the top segment is divided into three sections. The first is oval shaped with jagged edges and negative spaces inside the oval. One wave-like line runs down the centre all the way to the point where the pin starts to taper, others run along the negative spaces. The second segment is oblong with two circles positioned next to each other. The third segment is similar to the first, but without wave-like lines. Instead the lines re-emerge at the bottom of this section and run down to the point where the hairpin starts to taper.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Uzebba [Ijeba]
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 12368; 1148 (Thomas Coll. - 1st Cat.); 1910-13 [crossed out on catalogue card]; T.10.1527 [written on object]
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Yekhee
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
20mm x 190mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has a stamp which reads "Coll -Thomas: Don- Bevan"
Card reads "O.N. 1148" and there is a pencil drawing on rear.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament undecorated on reverse.
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 (Field collection)
Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Ijeba (= kukuruku) (now Uzebba) town. The inhabitants belong to the Edo ethnic group, and also identify themselves further as Yekhee people. The language they speak is also referred to as Yekhee. 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)
Brass hairpin, very intricately designed. The design of the top segment is divided into three sections. The first is oval shaped with jagged edges and negative spaces inside the oval. One wave-like line runs down the centre all the way to the point where the pin starts to taper, others run along the negative spaces. The second segment is oblong with two circles positioned next to each other. The third segment is similar to the first, but no wave like lines are running down via the negative spaces. Instead the lines re-emerge at the bottom of this section and run down to the point where the hairpin starts to taper. 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
FM:128241
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