Context (Field collection)
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.
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Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Brass hair pin ornament with "serrated" edges at the top and an incised pattern on front surface.
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Author: Remke Velden

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Brass hairpin, flat with jagged edges. The top segments are very intricately decorated with spirals, wave-like lines and vertical lines. B has diagonal lines running from the middle of the top section to the edges.

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