Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Accession number: Acc.1484 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-2194
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 5.75 inches and height 12.75 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

2. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-2193
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: width 21.5 centimeters and length 9.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

3. Figure

Museum number:: 5-2206
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-2205
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

5. Male figurine

Museum number:: 5-2195
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines and Men (male humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 22 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

6. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2196
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 10.5 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

7. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2203
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2198
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 13.9 centimeters and width 22.8 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

9. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2204
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

10. Mask or plaque

Museum number:: 5-2197
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 14 centimeters and length 25 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945