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Headrest Base: Seated Female Figure

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Wood, Luba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Purchase Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift 1966
Title: Headrest Base: Seated Female Figure
Description:
Wood, Luba peoples.

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