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- Museum number:
- 5-4054
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Object class:
- Adzes
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Dimensions:
- length 40.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Collection date:
- 1960
- Museum number:
- 5-4053
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Object class:
- Adzes
- Maker or artist:
- Oke Akanbi
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Dimensions:
- length 37.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Collection date:
- 1960
- Museum number:
- 5-15974
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Function:
- 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Museum number:
- 5-15424
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Object class:
- Amulets
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Dimensions:
- width 14.8 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Museum number:
- 5-3452
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 16 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944-1945
- Museum number:
- 5-11695
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- length 20 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944
- Museum number:
- 5-16761
- Object class:
- Anklets
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Dimensions:
- max— diameter 1 centimeters, min— length 1 centimeters, max— length 1.2 centimeters, and min— diameter 0.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Western Africa
- Museum number:
- 5-10210a-j
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles)
- Function:
- 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
- Dimensions:
- b,c— length 81 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, f— length 80.5 centimeters, and d,j— length 81.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Collection date:
- 1938
- Museum number:
- 5-3381
- Object class:
- Awls
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Dimensions:
- length 18.098 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Western Africa
- Collection date:
- July 1963
- Museum number:
- 5-16341
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Luba
- Object class:
- Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
- Dimensions:
- height 48 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Republic of the Congo
- Collection date:
- 1964