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Museum number:
5-11695
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters, length 20 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-16341
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1964
Museum number:
5-14323
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
height 48.5 centimeters
Collector:
Baba Kaba and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1970
Museum number:
5-11710
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-11714
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters and width 3.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-10262
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-15514
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
height 38 centimeters and diameter 25.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-14086a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
a,b— diameter 38 centimeters and a,b— height 25 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-13489
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
diameter 36 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1972
Museum number:
5-15513a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
a— height 12 centimeters, b— height 16.2 centimeters, and a— diameter 13.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown