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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1928.75.80.1=.2 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name hairpin, head scratcher Description Two very similar copper (alloy?) head scratchers or hair pins, with paddle shaped ends that have stamped decoration and with long, narrow stems that have pointed ends. The item was previously loaned to Ipswich Museum in 1934 as part of a large collection of Nigerian artefacts, by Charles Partridge. It was subsequently bequeathed to the Museum in Charles Partridge's will, dated 23rd December, 1955. It entered the collections in 1956. The items were accessioned with a sequence of R.1928 accession numbers. Production place Cross River District, Southern Nigeria, Africa Production date 1901 - 1917 Material copper Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1928.75.80.1=.2
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

hairpin, head scratcher
Description

Two very similar copper (alloy?) head scratchers or hair pins, with paddle shaped ends that have stamped decoration and with long, narrow stems that have pointed ends. The item was previously loaned to Ipswich Museum in 1934 as part of a large collection of Nigerian artefacts, by Charles Partridge. It was subsequently bequeathed to the Museum in Charles Partridge's will, dated 23rd December, 1955. It entered the collections in 1956. The items were accessioned with a sequence of R.1928 accession numbers.
Production place

Cross River District, Southern Nigeria, Africa
Production date

1901 - 1917
Material

copper

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