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1. Box

Museum number:: 5-11702a
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

2. Box

Museum number:: 5-8787a
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

3. Carved animal horn for drinking

Museum number:: 5-7835
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

4. Comb

Museum number:: 5-2321
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Combs (grooming tools)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

5. Cup

Museum number:: 5-13481
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: height 15.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

6. Cup

Museum number:: 5-5289
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 21 centimeters
Collector:: Helena Rubinstein
Collection place:: Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 4/21/1966

7. Cup

Museum number:: 5-8786
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: depth 8 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1964

8. Divination animal

Museum number:: 5-12977
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

9. Drum

Museum number:: 5-14331
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: height 27.3 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

10. Helmet mask

Museum number:: 5-6238
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 36 centimeters
Collector:: Harry A. Franklin Gallery [Los Angeles]
Collection place:: Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: unknown