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1. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3818
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

2. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3819
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Aguleri, Nigeria

3. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3817
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

4. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988l
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Animal figure

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, width 8.5 centimeters, and height 17 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

6. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988k
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-3452
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 19 centimeters and height 16 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

8. Animal figure

Museum number:: 5-12988j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Lila Jackson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

9. Animal head, wood

Museum number:: 5-2667
Culture or time period:: Barotsuland tribes
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Livingstone Museum, Livingstone, Zambia

10. Antelope

Museum number:: 5-13462a
Culture or time period:: Bambara
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Western Africa