Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Collection place: Western Africa / Accession year: [Missing]

1. 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

2. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-15514
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) 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
Dimensions:: diameter 25.2 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

3. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-16758a
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

4. Bowl and lid

Museum number:: 5-15513a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) 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
Dimensions:: a— height 12 centimeters, b— height 16.2 centimeters, and a— diameter 13.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Bowl lid

Museum number:: 5-15512b
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
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Carved elephant tusk

Museum number:: 5-13211
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Togo
Collection date:: March, 1977

7. Carved female figure

Museum number:: 5-13578
Culture or time period:: Mende
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), 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
Collection place:: Sierra Leone

8. Carved female figure

Museum number:: 5-14422
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Collection place:: Ghana

9. Carved figure

Museum number:: 5-13241
Culture or time period:: Urhobo
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Carved figure, wood

Museum number:: 5-13448
Culture or time period:: Isoko
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

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