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Ceremonial Staff: Head Finial (Kibango)

Wood iron, 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 1972

Wood-Sculpture

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba peoples

Title: Ceremonial Staff: Head Finial (Kibango)

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Wood iron, Luba peoples.

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