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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

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

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, width 8.5 centimeters, and length 20 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

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