Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Materials: Wood (plant material) / Loans: S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Door

Museum number:: 5-8643
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 126 centimeters and width 54.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1964

2. Drumstick

Museum number:: 5-3209
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 30.8 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963

3. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-7638
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and 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 22 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

4. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-2194
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 12.75 inches and width 5.75 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

5. Figurine, female

Museum number:: 5-3182
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 42.21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963

6. Mask

Museum number:: 5-1737
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 43.18 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

7. Mask

Museum number:: 5-7688
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-8640
Culture or time period:: Bobo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 52 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Mali
Collection date:: 1964