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Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
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Wood iron glass terracotta shells cloth fiber pigment seeds beads, Kongo peoples
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman in honor of Douglas Newton 1990
Title: Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Description:
Wood iron glass terracotta shells cloth fiber pigment seeds beads, Kongo peoples.
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