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1. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-11695
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 20 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

2. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-13489
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: diameter 36 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1972

3. Door

Museum number:: 5-8643
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 54.5 centimeters and length 126 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1964

4. Drum

Museum number:: 5-5363
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 93 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: Summer 1965

5. Drumstick

Museum number:: 5-3209
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 30.8 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963

6. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-2194
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 12.75 inches and width 5.75 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

7. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-2193
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: width 21.5 centimeters and length 9.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

8. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-6334
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 33 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13203
Culture or time period:: Baule
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:: height 65 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1962

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13861
Culture or time period:: Baule
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: 42.3 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1963