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Museum number:
5-16342
Culture or time period:
Tsogo
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 6.5 centimeters, height 24.5 centimeters, and length 35.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1967
Museum number:
5-16341
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Dimensions:
height 48 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1964
Museum number:
5-15655
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and height 18.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965
Museum number:
5-15654
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 18.2 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965
Museum number:
5-15415a-q
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:
a— height 19.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
March 1938
Museum number:
5-12977
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1968
Museum number:
5-11721
Culture or time period:
Malinke
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Guinea
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-8643
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
width 54.5 centimeters and length 126 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1964
Museum number:
5-14331
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:
height 27.3 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1968
Museum number:
5-16267
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters and width 9.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana