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- Museum number:
- 5-5330a,b
- Object class:
- Baskets (containers)
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- Summer 1965
- Museum number:
- 5-11678
- Culture or time period:
- Hausa
- Object class:
- Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection place:
- Niger
- Collection date:
- August, 1971
- Museum number:
- 5-6282
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Object class:
- Bells (idiophones)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 88 centimeters
- Collector:
- Philip Peek
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Collection date:
- June 1966
- Museum number:
- 5-1502
- Culture or time period:
- Basso
- Object class:
- Bows (weapons)
- Function:
- 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
- Collection place:
- Liberia
- Museum number:
- 5-1850
- Culture or time period:
- Fang
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Dimensions:
- length 50 inches
- Collector:
- James W. Fernandez
- Collection place:
- Gabon
- Collection date:
- 1960
- Museum number:
- 5-6334
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Dimensions:
- length 33 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-5976
- Culture or time period:
- Fon
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Republic of Benin
- Collection date:
- 1937-1938
- Museum number:
- 5-5977
- Culture or time period:
- Fon
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Collection place:
- Republic of Benin
- Museum number:
- 5-13175
- Object class:
- Harps (chordophones)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collection place:
- Cameroon
- Museum number:
- 5-5835
- Culture or time period:
- Vai-Gola
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Dimensions:
- height 39 centimeters
- Collector:
- Warren L. d'Azevedo
- Collection place:
- Liberia
- Collection date:
- 1956-1957