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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. Carved wood figure

Museum number:
5-6001
Culture or time period:
Bamun
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Cameroon

4. Door

Museum number:
5-8643
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
length 126 centimeters and width 54.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1964

5. Drinking horn

Museum number:
5-7693
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Paul Gebauer
Collection place:
Cameroon
Collection date:
before 1950

6. Drumstick

Museum number:
5-3209
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 30.8 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963

7. Face mask

Museum number:
5-3372
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963

8. Fertility figurine

Museum number:
5-2194
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 12.75 inches and width 5.75 inches
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945

9. Figure

Museum number:
5-3274
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:
Mali

10. Figure

Museum number:
5-3228
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 75.55 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963