Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 13442[.1-6]: 'Kola box, small oblong, highly carved'
[different hand, in pencil] 'Has small wedge of wood inside.'

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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Auction / Sale)
Purchased using money from Prof. A.A. Bevan’s subscription to the Museum’s Accessions Fund.
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Author: Katrina Dring

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: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
There are 4 small wedges of wood.
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Northcote W. Thomas in Edo State, Sabongida (now Sabongidda Ora) town. The inhabitants belong to the Edo ethnic group, and also identify themselves further as Ora people. The language they speak is also referred to as Ora. See Blench, R. M., 1995. The Work of N.W. Thomas as Government Anthropologist in Nigeria. The Nigerian Field, 60, pp.29.

Event Date 29/1/2013
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Four wedges of wood of varying shapes and sizes. Found inside Kola box Z 13442.1-2.
Event Date 15/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 16/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring