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1. Body

Museum number:
5-13047a
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali

2. Bow-tie shaped wood piece

Museum number:
5-13044c
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Bende, Nigeria

3. Circumcision knife

Museum number:
5-15686
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
length 7.6 centimeters and width 1.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ilesha, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

4. Dance staff

Museum number:
5-13052
Culture or time period:
Dogon
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali

5. Female headdress

Museum number:
5-13700a,b
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Headdresses, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
b— width 27.5 centimeters, a— height 43.7 centimeters, and total— height 64.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945

6. Figure

Museum number:
5-8789
Culture or time period:
Ba Kongo
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 48 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1965

7. Hair coil

Museum number:
5-13700b
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Collection date:
1945

8. Head

Museum number:
5-13047b
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali

9. Headpiece

Museum number:
5-13700a
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Collection date:
1945

10. Headpiece

Museum number:
5-2596
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 19.685 centimeters and diameter 17.78 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1938