Media available: legacy documentation / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Loans: S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Media available legacy documentation Collector William Russell Bascom Loans S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968)

1. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-3449
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 44.5 centimeters and length 59 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

2. Sword and sheath

Museum number:: 5-11719a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: width 71 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1951