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1. Bust

Museum number:: 5-11701
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 22 centimeters and width 5.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

2. Bust

Museum number:: 5-11700
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 8.5 centimeters and height 25.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

3. Bust, carved wooden

Museum number:: 5-10171
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Dakar, Senegal
Collection date:: 1943

4. Busts

Museum number:: 5-13693a,b
Culture or time period:: Benin and Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

5. Female bust

Museum number:: 5-13693a
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

6. Figure

Museum number:: 5-11696
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 9 centimeters, height 11 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

7. Head

Museum number:: 5-3429
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Head

Museum number:: 5-14069
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

9. Male bust

Museum number:: 5-13693b
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture), Carvings (visual works), and Men (male humans)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-10213
Object class:: Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944