Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Collector Berta Bascom Accession number Acc.2916

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

Museum number:: 5-11710
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-11714
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 3.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-11702a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters, depth 4.5 centimeters, and length 20 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1964

Museum number:: 5-11716
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: width 7 centimeters and length 20.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-11722
Culture or time period:: Malinke
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: height 8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Guinea
Collection date:: 1944

Museum number:: 5-11699
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters and length 22.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

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