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

2. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-10298
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 128.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

3. Cowry shells

Museum number:: 5-10294
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

4. Drum

Museum number:: 5-10281a
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-10281a,b
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: (a)— 42 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

6. Drum stick

Museum number:: 5-10281b
Object class:: Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

7. Figure

Museum number:: 5-10184
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 30.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-11696
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 11 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and length 9 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

9. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-10215
Culture or time period:: Fon
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Ghana

10. Head

Museum number:: 5-11690
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 6 centimeters and height 34 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944