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Start Over Collection place British West Africa (historic) Loans S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)

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. Carved wooden mask with two human effigies on top

Museum number:: 5-9925
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Cup

Museum number:: 5-12985
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:: height 56.5 centimeters
Collector:: Dutch Collector in Amsterdam
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1974

5. 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

6. 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:: width 5.75 inches and height 12.75 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

7. Figurine and base

Museum number:: 5-4628a,b
Culture or time period:: Benin
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: January 10, 1966

8. Figurine and base

Museum number:: 5-4629a,b
Culture or time period:: Benin
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Head mask

Museum number:: 5-3820
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:: Nigeria

10. Head mask

Museum number:: 5-3813
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:: Aguleri, Nigeria