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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. 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

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:: 5-3431
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Bamgboye
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 38.735 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Iloffa, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

5. Doll

Museum number:: 5-3434
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 17.78 centimeters and width 6.35 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Badagry, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1942

6. 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:: length 26 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

7. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-3435
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and 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 26.035 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-3458
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 43 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1944-1945

9. Head

Museum number:: 5-3429
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-3421
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 5.25 inches and length 7.25 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Obiama village, Bayelsa, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945