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1. Ancestral figure

Museum number:
5-3819
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Aguleri, Nigeria

2. Ancestral figure

Museum number:
5-3818
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

3. Ancestral figure

Museum number:
5-3817
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

4. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-11695
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944

5. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988k
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

6. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-3452
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945

7. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988l
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

8. Animal figure

Museum number:
5-12988j
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

9. Antelope

Museum number:
5-13462a
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Western Africa

10. Axe

Museum number:
5-17097
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object class:
Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:
whole— length 32.5 inches, whole— width 4.25 inches, and whole— height 1.5 inches
Collector:
Robert D. Haas
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1964-1966