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Twin Figure: Male with Garment (Ewu ileke Ibeji)
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Wood cowrie shells cloth glass beads pigment iron tukula powder, Yoruba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1969
Title: Twin Figure: Male with Garment (Ewu ileke Ibeji)
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Wood cowrie shells cloth glass beads pigment iron tukula powder, Yoruba peoples.
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