Context (Related Documents)
Pencil drawing on rear of catalogue card
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament.
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Author: maa

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

Description (Physical description)
Tips of ornament are broken off.
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)
Seven branched star brass hairpin, with the pin making up the eighth branch of the star. It is made out of sheet metal. Each branch of the star has a hole near the tip and one in its centre. Or at least it is assumed that they all once did, as three branches have been worn to the extent where this is no longer visible. Tiny dots are beaten into the arms of the star for decoration. 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. Seven branched star brass hairpin, with the pin making up the eighth branch of the star. It is made out of sheet metal. Each branch of the star has a hole near the tip and one in its centre. Or at least it is assumed that they all once did, as three branches have been worn to the extent where this is no longer visible. Tiny dots are beaten into the arms of the star for decoration.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins