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1. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16034
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 24 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

2. Figure

Museum number:: 5-4892
Culture or time period:: Moshi and Mossi
Object class:: Pottery
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 19 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Collection date:: 1942-1943

3. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13203
Culture or time period:: Baule
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 65 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1962

4. Figure

Museum number:: 5-10240
Culture or time period:: Bamun
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Cameroon

5. Figure

Museum number:: 5-11703
Culture or time period:: Bambara
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Mali

6. Figure

Museum number:: 5-10216
Culture or time period:: Fon
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Republic of Benin

7. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16012
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 33 centimeters and width 18 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Takoradi, Ghana

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-11706
Culture or time period:: Luvale
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-4886
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 28 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943-1944

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13479
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 31.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1943