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1. Door

Museum number:: 5-14605
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Baskets (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Twined weaving
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 134 centimeters and width 76 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1969

2. Figure

Museum number:: 5-10184
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 30.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

3. Figurines

Museum number:: 5-13702
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 67 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

4. Mask

Museum number:: 5-13706
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1972