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1. Mask

Museum number:: 5-3430
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Maker or artist:: Adugbologe
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 45.72 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

2. Sculpture

Museum number:: 5-10166
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 10 centimeters and length 16.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1944

3. Figurines

Museum number:: 5-13702
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 67 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

4. Mask

Museum number:: 5-15490
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 28 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Divining bell tapper

Museum number:: 5-15495
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:: length 28.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Mask

Museum number:: 5-15651
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: diameter 30 centimeters and height 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Carving

Museum number:: 5-15654
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:: width 9 centimeters and height 18.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1965

8. Carving

Museum number:: 5-15655
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 18.2 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1965

9. Eshu figure

Museum number:: 5-15656a
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
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

10. Eshu figure

Museum number:: 5-15656b
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
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown