Donor: Berta Bascom / Culture or time period: Bentoid cluster

Start Over Donor Berta Bascom Culture or time period Bentoid cluster

Museum number:: 5-13044c
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16249
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 19.5 centimeters, length 6 centimeters, and height 30.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945
Person depicted:: Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity)

Museum number:: 5-16315
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: height 28.5 centimeters, width 6.1 centimeters, and diameter 5.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16314
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: width 6.1 centimeters, length 5.2 centimeters, and height 27.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria