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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:
- length 20 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944
- Museum number:
- 5-3452
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 16 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944-1945
- Museum number:
- 5-4882d
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-4883d
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-6356
- Object class:
- Baskets (containers)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Dimensions:
- height 32 centimeters, width 38 centimeters, and length 64 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944
- Museum number:
- 5-16402
- Object class:
- Blankets (coverings)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Dimensions:
- length 210 centimeters and width 110 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Museum number:
- 5-16391
- Culture or time period:
- Hausa
- Object class:
- Blankets (coverings)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Dimensions:
- width 116 centimeters and length 203 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-16367a
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Boxes (containers)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-16367a,b
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Boxes (containers)
- Dimensions:
- a— length 6.3 centimeters, b— height 1.5 centimeters, a— height 2.9 centimeters, a— width 3.5 centimeters, b— width 3.2 centimeters, and b— length 6.7 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-16303
- 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:
- 5-3447
- 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 18 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-3451
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Busts (sculpture)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Dimensions:
- height 26 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Achimota, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944-1945
- 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
- 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
- Museum number:
- 5-16390
- Object class:
- Textile samples
- Function:
- 8.3 For Manufacturing
- Dimensions:
- width 180.5 centimeters and length 275 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-16425
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Combs (grooming tools)
- Function:
- 1.8 Toilet Articles
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Museum number:
- 5-16427
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Combs (grooming tools)
- Function:
- 1.8 Toilet Articles
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- 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:
- height 25.8 centimeters and width 6.7 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1975
- Museum number:
- 5-16426
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Combs (grooming tools)
- Function:
- 1.8 Toilet Articles
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Museum number:
- 5-5320a
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Containers (receptacles)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- Summer 1965
- Museum number:
- 5-5975a
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Containers (receptacles)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1954
- Museum number:
- 5-5320a,b
- Object class:
- Containers (receptacles)
- Dimensions:
- height 20 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- Summer 1965
- Museum number:
- 5-10298
- Function:
- 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
- Dimensions:
- length 128.5 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Museum number:
- 5-10294
- Function:
- 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
- Dimensions:
- length 139 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943
- 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
- Museum number:
- 5-5323
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Dimensions:
- height 78 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- Summer 1965
- Museum number:
- 5-10281a
- Object class:
- Drums (membranophones)
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944
- 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:
- 5-10281b
- Object class:
- Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944
- Museum number:
- 5-4883a
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-4882a
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Museum number:
- 5-3448
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 20 centimeters and length 26 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- 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— length 24 centimeters, whole— width 71 centimeters, and strips— width 10 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:
- 5-16757
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- width 13.5 centimeters, length 28 centimeters, and height 5.2 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:
- width 5.75 inches and height 12.75 inches
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1944-1945
- 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, depth 2.8 centimeters, and width 4.9 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, width 9.5 centimeters, and length 4.9 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:
- 5-16512
- 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:
- 5-16253
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Dimensions:
- height 37.8 centimeters, width 4.3 centimeters, and length 3.7 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- 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:
- 5-4887
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- 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:
- 5-16263
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Dimensions:
- height 14.2 centimeters, length 3.5 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, length 23.5 centimeters, and width 7 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Museum number:
- 5-4888
- Culture or time period:
- Ashanti
- Object class:
- Pottery
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Dimensions:
- height 23 centimeters
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Accra, Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- 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, length 5.2 centimeters, and width 16.1 centimeters
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Collection date:
- 1946