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Museum number:
5-11695
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters, length 20 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-6343
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 22.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-16431
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Dimensions:
width 6.7 centimeters and height 25.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1975
Museum number:
5-10281a,b
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
(a)— 42 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-16757
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 5.2 centimeters, length 28 centimeters, and width 13.5 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:
height 22 centimeters and width 9.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-2194
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 12.75 inches and width 5.75 inches
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-16272
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 4.9 centimeters, width 9.5 centimeters, and height 28.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-2193
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
width 21.5 centimeters and length 9.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
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:
length 33 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-16253
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 37.8 centimeters, length 3.7 centimeters, and width 4.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Museum number:
5-16263
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 7.5 centimeters, height 14.2 centimeters, and length 3.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16679
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 8.1 centimeters, height 16 centimeters, and depth 3.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16512
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 4.8 centimeters, length 3.2 centimeters, and height 14.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
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:
5-16012
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:
width 18 centimeters and height 33 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Takoradi, Ghana
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:
length 5.2 centimeters, width 16.1 centimeters, and height 32.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16013
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 45.4 centimeters and width 25.8 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16250
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters, width 5.5 centimeters, and length 3.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
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
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, length 5.6 centimeters, and width 16.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16252
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 21.6 centimeters, width 7.6 centimeters, and length 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Museum number:
5-16262
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 4 centimeters, height 12.3 centimeters, and width 7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16265
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 15 centimeters, width 8 centimeters, and length 4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16264
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
length 4.5 centimeters, height 14.7 centimeters, and width 7.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16274
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 7.2 centimeters, length 4 centimeters, and height 14.9 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
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:
5-16266
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 15 centimeters, length 4.5 centimeters, and width 7.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1946
Museum number:
5-16296
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters and width 9.4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16260
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 14.5 centimeters and height 30 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16273
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 15.8 centimeters, length 5.7 centimeters, and height 33 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16271
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
width 13.3 centimeters and height 33.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16270
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 33.6 centimeters and width 13.3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-16360
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
width 1.2 centimeters, height 5 centimeters, and length 1.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-11690
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters and height 34 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-2195
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-2196
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 10.5 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-10209
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-2198
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 13.9 centimeters and width 22.8 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-16221
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 15.1 centimeters, width 9 centimeters, and length 10 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1970
Museum number:
5-2197
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 25 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-6342
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Dimensions:
26.5 centimeters and 9.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-16328
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 4.8 centimeters, width 4 centimeters, and length 7.1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-16326
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
width 3.5 centimeters, height 5.5 centimeters, and length 8.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-11693
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
width 21 centimeters, height 38.5 centimeters, and length 21.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944
Museum number:
5-2191
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
length 31.8 centimeters, width 20.9 centimeters, and height 45.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-13493
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
length 57.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-2192
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters, height 60.3 centimeters, and width 15.24 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944-1945
Museum number:
5-11692
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:
width 16.5 centimeters, height 65 centimeters, and length 17 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
1944