Neck ornaments

Explore the neck ornaments in the Northcote W. Thomas collection, using the drop down menu below to browse objects from each town or region.

Brass collar with a triangular cross section and decorated with incised curves, lines and dots. Seen from its side, there is a split in the centre, almost through the whole thickness.

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Akokamye - necklace of 100 snake vertebrae

Object number: Z 12352

Description: Akokamye. Necklace of snake bone.

Cultural sub-group: Aviele

Town: Agbede

Measurements: 24 cm long, 8.6 cm wide, 0.8 cm high

Ile te - necklace of 225 shell beads

Object number: Z 11848

Description: Ile te. Necklace made of numerous small pieces of bone, each piece carefully cut thin.

Cultural sub-group: Aviele

Town: Agbede

Measurements: 40.5 cm long, 6 cm wide, 1.3 cm high

Glass bead necklace

Object number: Z 12405

Description: Necklace of very small native beads in three spirally wound chains.

Cultural sub-group: Yekhee

Town: Ijeba/Kukuruku/Uzebba

Measurements: 22 cm long, 6.5 cm wide, 0.8 cm high

Ukulubu seed necklace

Object number: Z 12472

Description: Necklace made from the seeds of the Ukulubu tree. 

Cultural sub-group: Yekhee

Town: Ijeba/Kukuruku/Uzebba

Measurements: 44 cm long, 3 cm wide, 0.3 cm high

Necklace of snake bone

Object number: Z 12534

Description: Necklace of snake bone each section being rough with points. 

Cultural sub-group: Yekhee

Town: Ijeba/Kukuruku/Uzebba

Measurements: 33 cm long, 10 cm wide, 1.2 cm high

Wooden beaded necklace

Object number: Z 12648

Description: Necklace of bored pieces of wood. 

Cultural sub-group: Yekhee

Town: Ijeba/Kukuruku/Uzebba

Measurements: 17.2 cm long, 5 cm wide, 0.5 cm high

Wooden and glass beaded necklace

Object number: Z 12717

Description: Necklace of carefully shaped round cylinders of wood with two beads and three ovals of wood. 

Cultural sub-group: Yekhee

Town: Ijeba/Kukuruku/Uzebba

Measurements: 33 cm long, 3.3 cm wide, 1 cm high

Ojo - necklace of bone beads

Object number: Z 12822

Description: Ojo. Necklace made of sections of bone, each cut in shape of a cylindrical bone. Coloured red. 

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 21 cm long, 5.5 cm wide, 1.2 cm high

Eobili - necklace of Job's tearsw (otuota) seeds

Object number: Z 12988

Description: Eobili. Necklace of otuota seeds.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 31.5 cm long, 5.5 cm wide, 0.5 cm high

Collar

Object number: Z 13386

Description: Plain brass collar.

Cultural sub-group: Ghotuo

Town: Otua/Otwa/Otuo

Measurements: 16 cm long, 16.5 cm wide, 2 cm high

Collar

Object number: Z 13400

Description: Omare. Collar of wrought brass with prominent midrib. The metal has split almost in half. 

Cultural sub-group: Ghotuo

Town: Otua/Otwa/Otuo

Measurements: 17 cm long, 20 cm wide, 6 cm high