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1. Flywhisk

Museum number:: 5-15422
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Fly whisks
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: height 18.5 centimeters and length 62 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

2. Staff

Museum number:: 5-16411
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: length 159 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Staff

Museum number:: 5-13049
Culture or time period:: Umbundu
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: length 43.3 centimeters
Collection place:: Angola
Collection date:: 1947-1948

4. Staff finial

Museum number:: 5-9923
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: Peter Wright
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: before 1970

5. Staff/scepter

Museum number:: 5-15491
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: width 5.5 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

6. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-10280a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: a— diameter 50 centimeters, c— diameter 48 centimeters, b— length 29.5 centimeters, and d— diameter 50 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

7. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-15228
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: base— length 31.6 centimeters and base— width 12.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: unknown