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1. 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, width 8.5 centimeters, and height 17 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

2. Bark cloth

Museum number:: 5-10290
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: width 133 centimeters and length 177 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

3. Bark cloth

Museum number:: 5-10291
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 183.5 centimeters and width 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

4. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-13489
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: diameter 36 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1972

5. 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

6. Bust

Museum number:: 5-4884
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Busts (sculpture)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 23.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Achimota, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

7. Doll

Museum number:: 5-4891
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 15 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

8. 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

9. Fertility figurine

Museum number:: 5-6334
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 12.5 centimeters and length 33 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16031
Culture or time period:: Baule
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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