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1. Bust

Museum number:
5-5831
Culture or time period:
Iteso
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Collection place:
Uganda

2. Bust

Museum number:
5-3447
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Collection date:
1943-1944

3. Bust

Museum number:
5-3451
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945

4. Bust

Museum number:
5-4492
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:
Central Africa

5. Bust

Museum number:
5-3431
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:
Bamgboye
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 38.735 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Iloffa, Nigeria
Collection date:
1943-1944

6. Bust

Museum number:
5-16032
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

7. Bust

Museum number:
5-16033
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:
height 14.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

8. Bust

Museum number:
5-7273
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
before 1968

9. Bust

Museum number:
5-10205
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Object class:
Busts (sculpture)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:
Kenya

10. Bust

Museum number:
5-4885
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 23 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:
1943-1944