Context (Related Documents)
Black and white photogragh of Z 12684 A; Z 12471; Z 12404; Z 12307 and Z 12684 B on rear of card.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object.
Event Date 15/5/2001
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: Annie Tomkins

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Ijeba (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 with jagged edges around the top section. Rounded head. Criss-cross linear designs are created on the top section and these crosshatchings create triangular shapes, with undecorated diamond shapes between them. At the point where the pin begins two taper down two spirals are visible. 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)
A brass hairpin. The handle of the pin is flat with serrated style edges and a rounded end. It is decorated with vertical lines and diamond shapes surrounded by crosshatching, culminating in two ring dot motifs. The shaft of the pin is long and narrow, tapering to a point. The reverse of the object is undecorated.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins