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1. Base

Museum number:: 5-4882d
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

2. Base

Museum number:: 5-4883d
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

3. 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

4. Comb

Museum number:: 5-6343
Object class:: Combs (grooming tools)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:: length 22.5 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. 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

6. 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

7. Doll

Museum number:: 5-4891
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 15 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

8. Elephant

Museum number:: 5-4883a
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

9. Elephant

Museum number:: 5-4882a
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16263
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 3.5 centimeters, width 7.5 centimeters, and height 14.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1946