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