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1. Busts

Museum number:: 5-13693a,b
Culture or time period:: Benin and Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

2. Caricature figure

Museum number:: 5-16738a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters, depth 10.8 centimeters, and width 15 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

3. Ere ibeji figures

Museum number:: 5-15915a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

4. Female bust

Museum number:: 5-13693a
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

5. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16234a-c
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

6. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16675
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 6 centimeters, height 31.5 centimeters, and depth 6.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1942

7. Figure

Museum number:: 5-15417
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 36.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16238a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters, length 10.8 centimeters, and width 15.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16240a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 7.5 centimeters, height 29 centimeters, and depth 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16241a-c
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 23.5 centimeters, width 7.5 centimeters, and depth 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria