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Headdress (Egungun)

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Wood pigment iron nails, Yoruba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1979
Title: Headdress (Egungun)
Description:
Wood pigment iron nails, Yoruba peoples.

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