Context (CMS Context)
'See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria'. T.Cotterill,7/5/2001.
Event Date 12/6/2000
Author: Remke Velden

Description (CMS Description)
Brass hair pin ornament with a pattern on one side of the top, infilled with cross-hatching.
Event Date 12/6/2000
Author: Remke Velden

Context (CMS Context)
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 Velden

Description (CMS Description)
B is a brass hairpin. Profusely decorated on the head segment with semi circular shapes filled in with crosshatchings. The centre sports diamond shapes that are filled with similar lines, leaving plain undecorated spaces between the abovementioned shapes. 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: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Brass hairpin, with a flat, rectangular head that tapers in towards the pin. The head is decorated with semicircle and diamond shapes, infilled with crosshatching. The pin is flat and tapers to a sharp point at the tip.
Event Date 23/9/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff