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1. Bird bone

Museum number:
5-13862a-c
Object class:
Bird bones
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire

2. Carving

Museum number:
5-15654
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
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 18.2 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965

3. Carving

Museum number:
5-15655
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
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:
width 9 centimeters and height 18.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965

4. Doll

Museum number:
5-11721
Culture or time period:
Malinke
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Guinea
Collection date:
1944

5. 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

6. Fertility figurine

Museum number:
5-16267
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and height 22 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana

7. Figure

Museum number:
5-13861
Culture or time period:
Baule
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
42.3 inches
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1963

8. Figure

Museum number:
5-7682
Culture or time period:
Baule
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 31 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1967

9. Figure

Museum number:
5-16293
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 34 centimeters, height 13 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Collection date:
1967

10. Figure

Museum number:
5-7679
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire