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1. Chair

Museum number:: 5-11724
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: Axel M. Peterson
Collection place:: Zaire, Central Africa, Africa
Collection date:: March, 1976

2. Crown

Museum number:: 5-2600
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 20.32 centimeters and height 29.21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Southern Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

3. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-12979
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 35.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

4. Staff

Museum number:: 5-13049
Culture or time period:: Umbundu
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: length 43.3 centimeters
Collection place:: Angola
Collection date:: 1947-1948

5. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-10280a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: a— diameter 50 centimeters, c— diameter 48 centimeters, b— length 29.5 centimeters, and d— diameter 50 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

6. Sword blade

Museum number:: 5-13207
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: length 56.7 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1970