Collection place: Central Africa / Donor: William Russell Bascom / Culture or time period: Bantu - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Box

Museum number:: 5-11702a
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

2. Box

Museum number:: 5-8787a
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

3. 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

4. Cup

Museum number:: 5-13481
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: height 15.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

5. Cup

Museum number:: 5-8786
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 18 centimeters and depth 8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

6. Divination animal

Museum number:: 5-12977
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: 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:: length 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

7. Drum

Museum number:: 5-8784
Culture or time period:: Lele
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: depth 22.8 centimeters and height 2.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-8789
Culture or time period:: Ba Kongo
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965

9. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-5326
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

10. Head

Museum number:: 5-11691
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Mashitolo Mwata Zola
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1944