Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Materials: Wood (plant material) / 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:: length 23 centimeters and width 3.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

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:: length 20.5 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-11707
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 25 centimeters and width 7.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Badagry, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1942

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

Museum number:: 5-11688
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 5.7 centimeters and length 12.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

Museum number:: 5-11718
Culture or time period:: Vai
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: diameter 23 centimeters and height 68.5 centimeters
Collector:: Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:: Liberia
Collection date:: 1957

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