Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1941.101 A-B: 'Two ivory hairpins. A: 6 1/2" long; head carved to represent a human head, features slightly coventionalised, with head-or-hair-dressing showing 2 wide flaps placed low at the back of the head. Shaft perforated through cylindrical swelling just below head. B: 6" long; head carved to represent human head, features slightly conventionalised; headdress like a small cap on top of head.'
Event Date 1941
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Note added to reverse of catalogue card 1941.101 A-B, attributed to William Fagg: '(a) has the 'coiffure en cascades" characteristic of a section of the Baluba (cp. for instance, a small carving in wood in the B.M. representing a player of a wind-instrument)'
Event Date 18/10/1946
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Ivory hairpin with carving of a male head. Long, thin shaft tapering towards a point; at the opposite end is a section decorated with geometric designs; above this is the carved head with detailed hairstyle and facial features.
Event Date 10/11/2022
Author: Katrina Dring