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Diviner's Staff: Bird and Chameleons (Osun babalawo)

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Iron, Yoruba peoples (?)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Bryce Holcombe Collection of African Decorative Art Gift of Bryce Holcombe 1981
Title: Diviner's Staff: Bird and Chameleons (Osun babalawo)
Description:
Iron, Yoruba peoples (?).

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