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Explore the bottle stoppers in the Northcote W. Thomas collection. Click on each image to explore further, including for different views of each object, on our online collections database.

Use the drop down menu below to explore the collection, organised by their town of origin.

Town - Okpe

Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12891

Description: Wooden bottle stopper, carved with two animals back to back.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 15 cm long, 10 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

 

Object number: Z 12904 

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with a beetle or lizard carved across the top. 

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: A: 14 cm long, 7 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: TEMP.01359

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with carved two headed figure, male and female.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 15.5cm long, 5.5cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12916

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with two carved heads back to back.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 19.5 cm long, 10 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12929

Description: Wooden bottle stopper carved with two small heads, back to back. 

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 17 cm long, 10 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12960

Description: 
Wooden bottle stopper carved, with 2 small heads back to back.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 16 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12969

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with a carved ridge across the top. Fibre wound around the top of the stem.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 15 cm long, 11.5 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 12993

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with carved animal across the top.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 10 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13024

Description: Wooden bottle stopper. Inverted triangle top with two triangular cavities in the middle.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 15 cm long, 5 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13035

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with two naturalistically carved back-to-back human heads.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 17.5 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13053

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with two human heads, male and female. String and leather wrapped round the necks.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 13 cm long, 6 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number:Z 13188

Description: Wooden bottle stopper. Two carved human heads back-to-back. 

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 14 cm long, 8.5 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13197

Description: Wooden bottle stopper. Two carved heads joined together at the skull, to create a triangular design at the top of the stop.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 14.5 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13198

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with schematically carved double human head.

Cultural sub-group: Okpe

Town: Okpe

Measurements: 18.5 cm long, 8 cm wide

Town - Otua/Otwa/Otuo

Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13345

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with two carved heads sporting pointed chins. 

Cultural sub-group: Ghotuo

Town: Otua/Otwa/Otuo

Measurements: 21 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13377

Description: Wooden bottle stopper with two carved heads - back-to-back - on the top.

Cultural sub-group: Ghotuo

Town: Otua/Otwa/Otuo

Measurements: 18.5 cm long, 9.5 cm wide

Town - Sabongida/Sabongidda Ora

Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13445

Description: Carved wooden bottle stopper with a piece of leather through the loop on the top.

Cultural sub-group: Ora

Town: Sabongida/Sabongidda Ora

Measurements: 15 cm long, 9 cm wide


Carved wooden bottle stopper

Object number: Z 13507

Description: Wooden bottle stopper. Two carved human or animal heads back-to-back. 

Cultural sub-group: Ora

Town: Sabongida/Sabongidda Ora

Measurements: 19 cm long, 6 cm wide