Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Accession number: Acc.2819 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. 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:: height 17 centimeters, length 20 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

2. Arrows

Museum number:: 5-10210a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: h— length 80.6 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, d,j— length 81.5 centimeters, f— length 80.5 centimeters, b,c— length 81 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, and e— length 82.3 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

3. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10277
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Bags (generic containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Bark cloth

Museum number:: 5-10290
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: width 133 centimeters and length 177 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

5. Bark cloth

Museum number:: 5-10291
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 183.5 centimeters and width 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

6. Base

Museum number:: 5-10280c
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

7. Base

Museum number:: 5-10280d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

8. Basket

Museum number:: 5-10270a
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

9. Basket

Museum number:: 5-10300
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Basket

Museum number:: 5-10282a
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Nigeria

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