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Museum number:
5-16415a-h
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners) and Masks (costume)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 3.3 centimeters, height 1.1 centimeters, and width 1.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-4893
Culture or time period:
Bamun
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Museum number:
5-16227
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
at shoulder— width 50 centimeters, at hip— width 49 centimeters, fringe— length 11 centimeters, and length 169 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-8643
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
width 54.5 centimeters and length 126 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1964
Museum number:
5-16000
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Ere ibeji and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
July 19, 1944
Museum number:
5-8782
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 13.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1963
Museum number:
5-16239a-j
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Dimensions:
Hat— depth 4.3 centimeters, Figure— width 10.5 centimeters, Figure— height 29.5 centimeters, Figure— depth 8.1 centimeters, Hat— width 14.5 centimeters, and Hat— length 11.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Museum number:
5-16364
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Gold-weights and Masks (costume)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
width 10.4 centimeters, height 11.5 centimeters, and length 2.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-10182
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Headdresses and Masks (costume)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Dimensions:
height 33.5 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-16170b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria