Accession No
Z 12923
Description
Bracelet of wrought brass, with jagged edge, and decorated with fine engravings on both sides.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; [South Nigeria]; Edo State; Okpe
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 12923; 1602 (Thomas Collection Number -1st catalogue); 1441 [written on left side of Thomas Collection label]; T.C. 1602 [written on printed Thomas/Bevan label]
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Okpe
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'Bracelet of wrought brass, / flat [in a different hand], jagged edge, decorated on both sides'
Event Date 14/9/2000
Author: maa
Context (References)
'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
Description (Physical description)
Very flat, similar to Z 13119, Z 12864B and Z 12837. Numerous circular indentations stamped or imprinted (or possibly the outer edges are raised to create a relief) onto the body of the bracelet, delicately and intricately done. Bracelet consists of four segments, four triangles formed by indentations/ serrations in outer circle of the brass. 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 11/2012
Author: maa
Context (References)
Documented by Roger Blench on 24/2/1983. Z 12923 has negative number 10/16. 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 10/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden
Context (Acquisition Details)
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 4/12/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden
Description (Physical description)
Bracelet of wrought brass, with jagged edge, and decorated with fine engravings on both sides.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie
FM:128872
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