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- Museum number:
- 5-6006
- Culture or time period:
- Bamileke
- Object class:
- Fetishes and Figurines
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Collection place:
- Melong, Littoral Region, Cameroon
- Museum number:
- 5-10242
- Culture or time period:
- Bamun
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Cameroon
- Museum number:
- 5-10241
- Culture or time period:
- Bamun
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Cameroon
- Museum number:
- 5-10243
- Culture or time period:
- Bamun
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Cameroon
- Museum number:
- 5-2208
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Dimensions:
- height 22.86 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-5325
- Culture or time period:
- Kuyu
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 50 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
- Collection date:
- Summer 1965
- 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
- Museum number:
- 5-5324
- Object class:
- Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
- Collection place:
- Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
- Museum number:
- 5-5997
- Culture or time period:
- Bamun
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Dimensions:
- height 50 centimeters
- Collector:
- Harry H. Rayfield
- Collection place:
- Cameroon
- Collection date:
- Dec. 1966
- Museum number:
- 5-10245
- Culture or time period:
- Bamun
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Cameroon