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1. Base

Museum number:
5-4882d
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943-1944

2. Base

Museum number:
5-4883d
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943-1944

3. Blanket

Museum number:
5-16391
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
width 116 centimeters and length 203 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943

4. Coffin

Museum number:
5-16063
Culture or time period:
Ga People
Object class:
Coffins
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
2000
Dimensions:
whole— length 104 inches, whole— weight 419 pounds, whole— width 36 inches, whole— height 66 inches, and whole— weight 400 pounds
Collector:
Alvin Bennett Rutner and Mrs. Alvin Rutner [use Phyllis Ross Rutner]
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
2/2/2000

5. Comb

Museum number:
5-6343
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:
length 22.5 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944

6. Comb

Museum number:
5-6344
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters and width 5 centimeters
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944

7. Cowrie shells

Museum number:
5-10298
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:
length 128.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943

8. Cowry shells

Museum number:
5-10294
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:
length 139 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943

9. 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

10. Elephant

Museum number:
5-4883a
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943-1944

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