Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 13097[.1-2]: '2 Brass hair pins.'
Event Date 14/9/2000
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Thomas Collection label accompanies object.
Event Date 15/5/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins

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: maa

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 4/2/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 13097[.1-2]: Two brass hairpins. Flat design. 1 has two ram’s horns on the top, and from the top the pin tapers down into a point. 2 has unclear lines beaten in to it. Three spirals, aligned vertically are visible on either side of the head of the pin, beaten flat (six in total). The head of the hairpin is rounded. 2 is similar in design to Z 25485. Information provided by Dr Ohioma Pogoson, Honorary Curator of the Museum of the Institute for African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. January 2013.
Event Date 4/2/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A brass hairpin with a flat design. Decorated with three spirals that are aligned vertically and are beaten flat to make six in total. The head of the hairpin is rounded. With a long, narrow shaft that tapers to a point.
Event Date 24/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins