Accession No
Z 14100.2
Description
Ikbo. A length of fabric with many small clapper-less bells attached with a blue fibre, possibly wool. The fibre is coarsely woven and fraying. The bells are made from pieces of sheet metal folded over to create small cones and some of these have white pigment on them. The surface of the metal is rusty.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Anambra State; Awgbu [Obu]
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14100.2; 245 [Thomas Coll. - 2nd Cat.]; 2094 [Thomas Coll. label]
Cultural Affliation
Igbo
Material
Metal; Iron; Cloth; ?Pigment; ?Wool
Local Term
ikbo
Measurements
1020mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: Men wear on back when wrestling
[different hand] This is a sort of wooden shield with iron bells attached.
[third hand] 'Also bearing this number is a strip of cloth with small iron bells attached to it.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
A piece of cloth with 24 small ?rattles attached.
Event Date 18/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
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)
Ikbo. A length of fabric with many small clapper-less bells attached with a blue fibre, possibly wool. The fibre is coarsely woven and fraying. The bells are made from pieces of sheet metal folded over to create small cones and some of these have white pigment on them. The surface of the metal is rusty.
Event Date 26/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 26/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:281614
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