Accession No
Z 12864 C
Description
Chunky bracelet, brass, decorated all over except on the inside of the ring. Semicircular pattern running along the full length of the bracelet with criss cross lines inside the semicircles. A line is visible on the inside of the bracelet and runs across the entire length of the object.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Delta State; Okpe
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 12864 C; 1545 c (Thomas Collection No'; 1st Catalogue. This was previously numbered 1544 in the handwritten notes in the Thomas Catalogue); C Originally read:1544 A now altered to read 1544 C (written on Thomas label); 1422 [written on left side of Thomas Collection label]
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Okpe
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
95mm x 10mm x 95mm Weight 0.29kg
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
'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 1/9/2000
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Bracelet of wrought brass. [Added in different handwriting] 'Heavy round bracelet with [see catalogue card for pen drawing of a criss-cross pattern] pattern round top, bottom and edges'.
Event Date 1/9/2000
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Other)
Documented by Roger Blench on 17/2/1983 (A and C) and 1/3/83 (B). Z 12864A has negative number 10/22, Z 12864B has negative number 11/5 and Z 12864C has negative number 10/25. 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 11/12/2012
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Field collection)
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)
Chunky bracelet, brass, decorated all over except on the inside of the ring. Semicircular pattern running along the full length of the bracelet with criss cross lines inside the semicircles. A line is visible on the inside of the bracelet and runs across the entire length of the object. 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 4/12/2012
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked in white on the object.
Event Date 10/9/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie
FM:279195
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