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Ceremonial Spoon
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Wood string plant fiber; resin residue, Kuba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Purchase Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift 1972
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