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Museum number:
5-16723
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:
fringe— length 4.3 centimeters, width 16.3 centimeters, and length 22.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
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
Museum number:
5-16714
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
width 29.6 centimeters, fringe— length 24 centimeters, and length 30 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-2432
Object class:
Baked clay and baked clay objects (object genre)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tere Ramakate (near Mutoko), Zimbabwe
Collection date:
Summer 1962
Museum number:
5-3248a
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963
Museum number:
5-3248a-c
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Dimensions:
(b)— 5.4 centimeters and (a)— 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963
Museum number:
5-10290
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
width 133 centimeters and length 177 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-10291
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:
width 139 centimeters and length 183.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-10280c
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:
1937
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