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Z 12165.1
Edo designations
English designations
Girdle
Categories
Personal Adornment
Healing & Divining Objects
Location
Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, United Kingdom
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Provenance
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Institution data
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Last updated: 2022-07-18
Language: english
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idno object id | Z 12165.1 |
local edo designation | Emieku; elodi; igegode; akbolu; iriakbulu |
Physical description/0 description | Catalogue card: Emieku. Girdles of small coconut discs and brass knobs. The brass bangles are called elodi or igegode, the discs akbolu and the material of which they are made iriakbulu |
Physical description/1 description | A girdle made from coconut shell disc beads and small copper alloy beads. The copper alloy beads are shaped like small faceted balls on a ring and the coconut shell has been cut into regular discs with a hole drilled through the middle. The beads are strung onto fibre and there is a knot at one end with the ends hanging loose. |
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d_Description Name description | Emieku; Elodi; Igegode; Akbolu; Iriakbulu. A girdle made from coconut shell disc beads and small copper alloy beads. The copper alloy beads are shaped like small faceted balls on a ring and the coconut shell has been cut into regular discs with a hole drilled through the middle. The beads are strung onto fibre and there is a knot at one end with the ends hanging loose. |
height dimensions | 10 mm |
length dimensions | 260 mm |
width dimensions | 40 mm |
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Labels - Markings/0 inscriptions | Luggage tag attached with string reads: '156 / 156a | Girdle (emieku) of brass bangles (elodi or igegodi) and rings (akbolu) of nuts (iviakbolu) / Bini' |
Labels - Markings/1 inscriptions | Thomas label attached with string reads: '1146 | Bini | 156A / Girdle of small cocoanut [sic] discs and brass knobs.' |
Labels - Markings/2 inscriptions | Metal tag (now bagged) attached with string reads: 'T.10.1145' |
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d_Place production place | Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Benin City [Bini] |
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source prior source | Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor] |
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culture group ethnic attribution | Edo |
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Amendments - updates/0 notes | Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020 |
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Reference Numbers bibliography | Z 12165.1 Other: 156 [Thomas Coll.- 1st Cat.]; 156 A [Thomas Coll.]; 1910-13 T.10.1145; 1146 [Label] |
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Related Documents/0 bibliography | '1910-13 T.10.1145' has been crossed through on the catalogue card |
Related Documents/1 bibliography | Numbered '156', and '156 A' in the Thomas Collection, 1st Catalogue. |
Related Documents/2 bibliography | The number '1146' has been written on the left side of the Thomas Collection label. |
Related Documents/3 bibliography | 1st Thomas Catalogue notes numbers 1-249 as "Bini (Benin City)". [R.Hand] |
Related Documents/4 bibliography | See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill] |
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