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1. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-7636
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 25 centimeters and width 10 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

2. Figure

Museum number:: 5-7682
Culture or time period:: Baule
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 31 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1967

3. Headpiece/mask

Museum number:: 5-7690
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

4. Large wooden mask

Museum number:: 5-7250
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Mask

Museum number:: 5-7680
Culture or time period:: Senufo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Ghana

6. Mask

Museum number:: 5-7689
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

7. Paddle

Museum number:: 5-7687
Culture or time period:: Itsekiri
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Paddle

Museum number:: 5-7686
Culture or time period:: Itsekiri
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Small wooden mask

Museum number:: 5-7244
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Wooden mask

Museum number:: 5-7251
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria