Description (Physical description)
Brass hair ornament. [Added in different handwriting] with shaped handle with incised pattern cross-hatching on it.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object.
Event Date 10/5/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (CMS Context)
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

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, flat. Decorated with crosshatchings and lines. Diamond shape in the middle with dots beaten into it. Undecorated surfaces are visible between the designs. The top of the head of the pin has a V-shape line with dots beaten into the middle. At the base of the head of the pin a circle and a dot design 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