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1. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-14081
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 7 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

2. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-10298
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 128.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

3. Cowry shells

Museum number:: 5-10294
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

4. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2602
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

5. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2603
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 30.48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

6. Face mask

Museum number:: 5-3372
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963

7. Shell

Museum number:: 5-10293
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 135 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

8. Shell

Museum number:: 5-10295
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 138 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

9. Shell

Museum number:: 5-10296
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 119 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

10. Shell

Museum number:: 5-10297
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 136 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943