Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: 'Bracelet [in a different hand] ?copper. Twisted and engraved. Penanular.'
Event Date 15/9/2000
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)
Brass cast bracelet of twisted design all along, tapers flat near the opening of the bracelet. The flat surfaces are decorated with triangles, dots, lines and crosses. Similar to Z 12821B and Z 12838. 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 (Related Documents)
Documented by Roger Blench on 24/2/1983. Z 12997 has negative number 10/18. 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 (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked on the object.
Event Date 16/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Physical description)
Copper bracelet with twisted design and engraved design near the opening.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie