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Museum number:
5-17097
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
whole— length 32.5 inches, whole— width 4.25 inches, and whole— height 1.5 inches
Collector:
Robert D. Haas
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1964-1966
Museum number:
5-16341
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1964
Museum number:
5-11736
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 47.5 centimeters
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
before 1968
Museum number:
5-15514
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
height 38 centimeters and diameter 25.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-14086a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
a,b— diameter 38 centimeters and a,b— height 25 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-13489
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
diameter 36 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1972
Museum number:
5-7637a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
ca. 1967
Museum number:
5-13249a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
diameter 32 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15513a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and 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:
a— height 12 centimeters, b— height 16.2 centimeters, and a— diameter 13.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15933
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 7.5 centimeters and length 50 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951