Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Culture or time period: Bantu (Zone C) / Materials: Wood (plant material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Box and lid

Museum number:: 5-14072a,b
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:: length 33.5 centimeters, height 6.5 centimeters, and width 15 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1965

2. Carved figure

Museum number:: 5-4546TMP1
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:: Sanjolomba, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

3. 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

4. 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

5. Drum

Museum number:: 5-16419
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 3.5 centimeters and height 22.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965

6. Enema funnel (instrument)

Museum number:: 5-16420
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Geometric patterns
Dimensions:: length 20.1 centimeters and diameter 4.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

7. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-1680
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16288
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 14 centimeters, height 42.5 centimeters, and length 11.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1967

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16290
Culture or time period:: Ngombe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 39.5 centimeters, width 11.8 centimeters, and length 9 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Central Africa
Collection date:: 1967

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16285
Culture or time period:: Chokwe and Songo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 18 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965