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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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