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1. Cocoon

Museum number:: 5-2595
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: length 15.24 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1945

2. Crown

Museum number:: 5-2600
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 20.32 centimeters and height 29.21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Southern Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

3. Cup

Museum number:: 5-2597
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 17.78 centimeters and diameter 17.463 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

4. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2602
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
Dimensions:: height 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

5. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2603
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
Dimensions:: height 30.48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

6. Headpiece

Museum number:: 5-2596
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: diameter 17.78 centimeters and height 19.685 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

7. Heddle

Museum number:: 5-2601
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 24.765 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2587
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1945

9. Pulley

Museum number:: 5-2599
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: width 4.128 centimeters and height 9.843 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

10. Shuttle

Museum number:: 5-2598
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Shuttles (textile fabricating tools)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 18.415 centimeters and width 53.658 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938