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1. Belt

Museum number:: 5-16702
Object class:: Belts (costume accessories)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: length 83.5 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

2. Belt

Museum number:: 5-16740
Object class:: Belts (costume accessories)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: length 115.4 centimeters and width 3.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Africa

3. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16741
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: diameter 12 centimeters and depth 0.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Africa

4. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16742
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: depth 0.5 centimeters and diameter 12 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

5. Coasters

Museum number:: 5-16715a-e
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Dimensions:: diameter 12.2 centimeters and depth 0.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

6. Coasters

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

7. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-15949
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 54.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

8. Dance regalia

Museum number:: 5-16726a-d
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: a— linear 80 centimeters, c— linear 167 centimeters, a— length 36 centimeters, b— length 37 centimeters, b— linear 52 centimeters, and c— length 52 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

9. Dance suit

Museum number:: 5-16751
Culture or time period:: Igbo and Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: at shoulders— length 157 centimeters, at hip— width 45 centimeters, and at shoulders— width 66 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Dance suit

Museum number:: 5-16227
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: at shoulder— width 50 centimeters, length 169 centimeters, fringe— length 11 centimeters, and at hip— width 49 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria