Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads: '2 bracelet of wrought brass. / [in different handwriting] B. Penannular with spiral twisted effect and hammered out ends.'
Event Date 7/7/2000
Author: Remke Velden

Context (CMS Context)
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 flat bracelet with flattened out spirals towards the split. Either side of the split is flattened, decorated with vertical lines and Xs alternatively. The rest of the bracelet has a twisted appearance. There is no stylistic reason why A and B should be linked together, as they have very different appearances. No provenance indicated, but associated with Okpe on box list and the above object. B is similar to Z 12838 and Z 12997. 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: Remke Velden

Context (References)
Documented by Roger Blench on 24/2/1983. Z 12821 A has negative number 10/24. Z 12821 B has negative number 10/26. 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 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 Velden

Description (Physical description)
Bracelet, made of wrought brass, with twisted design and flat ends. The ends have engraved on the outer surface geometric motifs.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked on the object.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie

Description (Labels & Markings)
The Thomas catalogue number is marked on the object.
Event Date 17/12/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie