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Museum number:
5-15914a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
5-15914b— height 26.5 centimeters and 5-15914a— height 26 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1937-1938?
Museum number:
5-15920a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
5-15920b— height 29 centimeters and 5-15920a— height 29 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1960
Museum number:
5-15915a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Ere ibeji
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:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16001a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
5-16001b— height 26.1 centimeters and 5-16001a— height 26.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1937-1938
Museum number:
5-16472a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
a— width 10.5 centimeters, a— height 27.5 centimeters, and a— length 7.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-15509
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 10.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15508
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 10.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15510
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 10.4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-16772
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:
whole— length 154.5 centimeters, strips— width 10 centimeters, strips— length 24 centimeters, and whole— width 71 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16750
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-12900
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965
Museum number:
5-15496
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 29.3 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-16305
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Museum number:
5-15796b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
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:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1950
Museum number:
5-15426b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
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:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1950
Museum number:
5-13700a,b
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Headdresses, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
total— height 64.5 centimeters, a— height 43.7 centimeters, and b— width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Museum number:
5-16757
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters, height 5.2 centimeters, and length 28 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
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
Museum number:
5-16515
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters, width 4.9 centimeters, and depth 2.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16272
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 28.5 centimeters, length 4.9 centimeters, and width 9.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
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
Museum number:
5-14120b
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-8782
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 13.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1963
Museum number:
5-16255
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 7 centimeters, width 7.8 centimeters, and height 31 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16278
Culture or time period:
Baule
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 7.2 centimeters, length 31.5 centimeters, and height 7.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Museum number:
5-16289a,b
Culture or time period:
Ba Songye
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 56.5 centimeters, width 11 centimeters, and height 10 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16254
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 32.5 centimeters, width 16.1 centimeters, and length 5.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16308
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 39 centimeters, width 11 centimeters, and length 8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1976
Museum number:
5-16291
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters, width 6.2 centimeters, and length 6.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1967
Museum number:
5-16675
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 31.5 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and depth 6.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:
1942
Museum number:
5-16512
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 3.2 centimeters, width 4.8 centimeters, and height 14.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Museum number:
5-16374
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 6.6 centimeters, length 2.4 centimeters, and width 2.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16307
Culture or time period:
Urhobo
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 5.5 centimeters, width 9 centimeters, and height 29.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1976
Museum number:
5-16282a-c
Culture or time period:
Ba Yaka
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 8.9 centimeters and height 36.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
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
Museum number:
5-16275
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 9.7 centimeters, width 2.1 centimeters, and length 1.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16294
Culture or time period:
Ba Yaka
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16234a-c
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16385
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and width 2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16269
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, and length 5.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16677
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters, height 12 centimeters, and depth 2.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16679
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters, depth 3.8 centimeters, and width 8.1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
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
Museum number:
5-16674
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16279
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 35.3 centimeters, length 10 centimeters, and width 7.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Museum number:
5-16238a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters, length 10.8 centimeters, and width 15.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16263
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters, height 14.2 centimeters, and width 7.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16672
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters, width 7 centimeters, and length 23.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16287
Culture or time period:
Ba Vili
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters, height 21.5 centimeters, and width 7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1968
Museum number:
5-15418
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 35 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951
Museum number:
5-16379
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters, height 6.5 centimeters, and length 3.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16380
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 5.1 centimeters, width 3.2 centimeters, and length 1.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16250
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters, height 19 centimeters, and width 5.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Museum number:
5-16286
Culture or time period:
Ba Songye
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters, height 19.3 centimeters, and width 6.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1966
Museum number:
5-15658
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 7.4 centimeters and height 23.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16239a-j
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Dimensions:
Hat— width 14.5 centimeters, Figure— depth 8.1 centimeters, Hat— length 11.9 centimeters, Hat— depth 4.3 centimeters, Figure— height 29.5 centimeters, and Figure— width 10.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Museum number:
5-16298
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
depth 9 centimeters, height 17.5 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1969
Museum number:
5-16376
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters, width 3.1 centimeters, and height 3.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16268
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 27.7 centimeters and width 10.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16302
Culture or time period:
Wurkun
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16265
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters, height 15 centimeters, and length 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16240a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
depth 6 centimeters, height 29 centimeters, and width 7.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-15417
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 36.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-16292
Culture or time period:
Mfinu
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 4.2 centimeters, length 16.5 centimeters, and width 4.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-6340
Culture or time period:
Baule
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 35 centimeters and width 6.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
1962
Museum number:
5-16673
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 10.7 centimeters, length 7.3 centimeters, and width 5.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1965
Museum number:
5-16252
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 4 centimeters, width 7.6 centimeters, and height 21.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Museum number:
5-16377
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters, width 2.8 centimeters, and height 9.1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16295
Culture or time period:
Ba Bembe
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16251
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 61.5 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16262
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters, length 4 centimeters, and height 12.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16383
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 2.9 centimeters, height 9 centimeters, and length 2.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16382
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 3.6 centimeters, width 3.7 centimeters, and height 8.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16280
Culture or time period:
Bena Lulua
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 4.4 centimeters, length 22.8 centimeters, and height 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16241a-c
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 7.5 centimeters, height 23.5 centimeters, and depth 6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16683
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 3.3 centimeters, height 4.2 centimeters, and depth 1.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16288
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 42.5 centimeters, length 11.5 centimeters, and width 14 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1967
Museum number:
5-16759
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 6 centimeters, length 34.7 centimeters, and height 9.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16290
Culture or time period:
Ngombe
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 39.5 centimeters, width 11.8 centimeters, and length 9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Central Africa
Collection date:
1967
Museum number:
5-16264
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 7.3 centimeters, height 14.7 centimeters, and length 4.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16247a-d
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 24 centimeters, width 9.5 centimeters, and length 6.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16231a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Dimensions:
(a)— width 7.4 centimeters, (a)— height 23.2 centimeters, (b) rifle— length 13 centimeters, and (a)— length 6.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Museum number:
5-16381
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
depth 2.7 centimeters, height 6.3 centimeters, and width 3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16301
Culture or time period:
Fon
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of Benin
Museum number:
5-16274
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 4 centimeters, width 7.2 centimeters, and height 14.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
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:
height 13 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and length 34 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Collection date:
1967
Museum number:
5-10184
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 30.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-16681
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
depth 1.4 centimeters, height 3.7 centimeters, and width 3.1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16299
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16285
Culture or time period:
Chokwe and Songo
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Collection date:
1965
Museum number:
5-16297
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16281
Culture or time period:
Ba Songye
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters, length 20.3 centimeters, and width 4.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
5-16248
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
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 10.7 centimeters and height 31.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16232a-d
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters, height 26.5 centimeters, and width 8.4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16223a-d
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Thomas Ona
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16235a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 23.2 centimeters, length 6 centimeters, and width 7.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16316
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters, width 3.4 centimeters, and length 5.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16375
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 1.9 centimeters, length 5 centimeters, and height 4.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16384
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 4.2 centimeters, height 3.1 centimeters, and width 2.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-16680
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
depth 1.7 centimeters, width 3 centimeters, and height 3.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria