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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. Box and lid

Museum number:: 5-14072a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:: height 6.5 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, and length 33.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1965

4. Box with lid

Museum number:: 5-11702a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 20 centimeters, depth 4.5 centimeters, and width 6.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1964

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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:: depth 8 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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