Context (Acquisition Details)
The acquisition year was previously given as 25/07/2012, four years before it was formally accessioned into the collections.
Event Date 2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Acquisition Details)
Part of the George Kearly Weeks Collection acquired during his time in Nigeria, 1908-1932. Offered to MAA by Daniel Morgan, G.K. Weeks’ grandson, as a donation. A quantity of glass half plate negatives, dating from before the First World War, which show people buildings, markets, some graves, puppet shows etc, several objects and archival material has been offered to MAA.
Five vinyl albums of Nigerian music and a catalogue were subsequently World Oral Literature Project, as more suitable to their collections. The five 78rpm records were recorded by the German Odeon label, probably in the late 20s. They include canoe songs, an Ekpo society song etc.[These collections are now held by MAA]
The donor’s maternal grandparents, George and Ellen Weeks went to Nigeria originally as missionaries with the Qua Ibo Mission (based in Northern Ireland). The documentation and many objects from that Mission are now in the collections of the Museum of Ulster.
After the First World War, the Weeks returned to the same area of Nigeria, as both of them could speak Efik [noted by donor as Efface, and incorrectly noted the language of the Ibibio]. George ran a mobile cinema show, but being basically a carpenter by trade, eventually formed the first transport company in Nigeria: ‘Weeks Transport’, fulfilling government contracts, whilst building churches and the buildings. He opened a transport depot in Benin City, which entailed him having an audience with Oba Eweka II - who features on some of the film footage, supplied to the Museum. By 1932, when they returned to the UK, Weeks was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Nigeria.
Event Date 22/1/2016
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Dance rattle (?worn around the waist) consisting of a light brown plaited plant fibre band, tied together in a knot. Twisted strings of the same plant fibre have been fed through the plait at regular intervals all along the length of the plait. Kola nuts have been pierced and attached to each end of the twisted strings with a knot.
Event Date 22/1/2016
Author: maa