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1. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-3452
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 19 centimeters and height 16 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

2. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-11695
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 8.5 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and length 20 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

3. Clay figure

Museum number:: 5-5287
Culture or time period:: Anyi
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Collection place:: Krindjabo, Cote d'Ivoire

4. Doll

Museum number:: 5-14426
Culture or time period:: Fanti
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Ghana

5. Doll

Museum number:: 5-4891
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 15 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

6. Elephant figurine

Museum number:: 5-3448
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 26 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

7. Face figurine

Museum number:: 5-14041
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:: Ghana

8. Fanti wooden figurine

Museum number:: 5-13058
Culture or time period:: Fanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Ghana

9. Fanti wooden figurine

Museum number:: 5-14425
Culture or time period:: Fanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Akan region, Ghana

10. Fanti wooden figurine

Museum number:: 5-13059
Culture or time period:: Fanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Ghana