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1. Animal figure

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

2. Animal figure

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

3. Bust

Museum number:: 5-3447
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 18 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

4. Bust

Museum number:: 5-3451
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Busts (sculpture)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 26 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

5. Bust

Museum number:: 5-4885
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 23 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

6. Bust

Museum number:: 5-4884
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Busts (sculpture)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 23.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

7. Doll

Museum number:: 5-4891
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 15 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

8. Drum

Museum number:: 5-5323
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 78 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: Summer 1965

9. Elephant figurine

Museum number:: 5-3448
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 20 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

10. Face figurine

Museum number:: 5-14041
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
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Ghana