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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. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-3441
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 21.273 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Togo
Collection date:: 1943-1944