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1. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30946
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Masks (costume)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

2. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30947
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Masks (costume)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

3. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30877
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Masks (costume)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

4. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30948
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Masks (costume)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

5. Buttons

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:
width 1.2 centimeters, height 1.1 centimeters, and length 3.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:
1944

6. Casting

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

7. Dance suit

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 hip— width 49 centimeters, fringe— length 11 centimeters, length 169 centimeters, and at shoulder— width 50 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria

8. Door

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

9. Ere ibeji figure

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

10. Face mask

Museum number:
5-3372
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963