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1. Adze

Museum number:: 5-4054
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 40.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

2. Adze

Museum number:: 5-4053
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Adzes
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 37.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

3. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-3452
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 16 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

4. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-11695
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 8.5 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and length 20 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. Anklet

Museum number:: 5-3267
Culture or time period:: Senufo
Object class:: Anklets
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:: Mali

6. Anklet

Museum number:: 5-3268
Culture or time period:: Senufo
Object class:: Anklets
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:: Mali

7. Arrows

Museum number:: 5-10210a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: f— length 80.5 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, b,c— length 81 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, and d,j— length 81.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

8. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10277
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Bags (generic containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Balance beam

Museum number:: 5-3248a
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Balances (scales)
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963

10. Bark cloth

Museum number:: 5-10290
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: length 177 centimeters and width 133 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

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