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1. Bell

Museum number:: 5-3360
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:: July 1963

2. Bell

Museum number:: 5-3361
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria

3. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-10144
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 8 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

4. Comb

Museum number:: 5-10136
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Combs (grooming tools)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:: height 7 centimeters and length 5.2 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

5. Divining chain

Museum number:: 5-15664
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 125 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Drum with beater

Museum number:: 5-13859a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Percussion beaters
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: b— length 24.7 centimeters and a— height 46 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1943

7. Edan

Museum number:: 5-15687a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 10.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

8. Edan

Museum number:: 5-15685
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 7.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ilaro, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-5976
Culture or time period:: Fon
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: 1937-1938

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-7691
Culture or time period:: Bamun
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Cameroon