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1. Bell

Museum number:
5-3360
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:
July 1963

2. Bell

Museum number:
5-3361
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria

3. Bells

Museum number:
5-16762
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:
max— length 1.5 centimeters, min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, max— diameter 1 centimeters, and min— length 0.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa

4. Bells

Museum number:
5-16435a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
width 6.5 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and length 43 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1938?

5. Drum with beater

Museum number:
5-13859a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Percussion beaters
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
b— length 24.7 centimeters and a— height 46 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
ca. 1943

6. Flute

Museum number:
5-275
Object class:
Flutes (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Egypt

7. Gold weight

Museum number:
5-10878
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 9 inches, length 6 inches, and 3 inches
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana

8. Gold weight

Museum number:
5-16556
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
width 1.6 centimeters, length 1.3 centimeters, and height 2.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana

9. Gold weight

Museum number:
5-10852
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters
Collection place:
Ghana

10. Gold weight

Museum number:
5-16555
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 2.2 centimeters, height 1.9 centimeters, and width 2.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana

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