Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Museum number:: 5-16749a-d
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Coasters (containers), and Coiled weaving
Dimensions:: diameter 15.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-16770a-z
Culture or time period:: British Historic
Object class:: Coins (money)
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 1940
Dimensions:: diameter 2 centimeters, center hole— diameter 0.6 centimeters, and height 0.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: British West Africa (historic)

Museum number:: 5-16414
Object class:: Combs (grooming tools)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:: length 3 centimeters, height 25 centimeters, and width 7.8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-16249
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
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 30.1 centimeters, length 6 centimeters, and width 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945
Person depicted:: Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity)

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