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1. Bust

Museum number:: 5-11701
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 22 centimeters and width 5.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

2. Bust

Museum number:: 5-16033
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:: height 14.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Bust

Museum number:: 5-11700
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 25.5 centimeters and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

4. Bust

Museum number:: 5-16032
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:: height 15.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Bust, carved wooden

Museum number:: 5-10171
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

6. Busts

Museum number:: 5-13693a,b
Culture or time period:: Benin and Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

7. Female bust

Museum number:: 5-13693a
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16034
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 24 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-11696
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 11 centimeters, length 9 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

10. Head

Museum number:: 5-14069
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944