Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Donor: William Russell Bascom / Materials: Paint (coating) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Cup

Museum number:: 5-2597
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 17.463 centimeters and height 17.78 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

2. Figure

Museum number:: 5-10184
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 30.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

3. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-11689a
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

4. Head

Museum number:: 5-11690
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 34 centimeters and length 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. Headdress

Museum number:: 5-10181
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Headdresses
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

6. Headdress

Museum number:: 5-10182
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Headdresses and Masks (costume)
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Dimensions:: height 33.5 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

7. Headpiece

Museum number:: 5-2596
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 19.685 centimeters and diameter 17.78 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

8. Headpiece/mask

Museum number:: 5-7690
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

9. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16055
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16049
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 44 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria