Context (Related Documents)
Photograph of object on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal

Description (Physical description)
Bottle top with two carved heads.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 07/05/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bottle stopper. Two naturalistic back-to-back human heads, much attention to detail. Ears are stylised. Prominent eyes and noses. ‘Beards’ on the side, but if these are a male and female figure which is likely, they must be something else as the female would not have a beard. One head is larger than the other. Hole for harness is large near the middle. Stopper base is profusely decorated with five linear patterns, the same on either side. Below the necks of the objects lines are visible that align with the design of the stopper itself. Made by a skilled worker, more so than Z 13024, Z 12916, Z 12891, Z 12904. 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 3/12/2012
Author: maa

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)
Carved wooden bottle stopper. Comprises of a rounded top with two back-to-back heads above, and a long protrusion below which narrows towards the tip. Heads features incised designs along foreheads and jaw lines; incised decoration on rest of rounded top as well. Chip in rim of top.
Event Date 5/10/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal