Object type: ethnography / Collector: Berta Bascom / Materials: Cotton (textile)

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2. Anklet or bracelet

Museum number:: 5-16761
Object class:: Anklets
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, min— length 1 centimeters, max— diameter 1 centimeters, and max— length 1.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

3. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10841
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Maker or artist:: Araba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Agana, Benue State, Nigeria
Collection date:: March 1938

4. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16467
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Bells

Museum number:: 5-16762
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: min— length 0.9 centimeters, min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, max— diameter 1 centimeters, and max— length 1.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

6. Belt

Museum number:: 5-16734
Object class:: Belts (costume accessories)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: width 4.5 centimeters and length 128 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

7. Blanket

Museum number:: 5-16402
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 210 centimeters and width 110 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana

8. Blanket

Museum number:: 5-16406
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 114.8 centimeters, length 202.5 centimeters, fringe— length 2.5 centimeters, and fringe— length 3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

9. Blanket

Museum number:: 5-16391
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 116 centimeters and length 203 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

10. Cloth

Museum number:: 5-16390
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: length 275 centimeters and width 180.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

11. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-15503
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: diameter 32.5 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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