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Community Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
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Wood copper brass iron fiber snakeskin leather fur feathers mud resin, Songye peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Mrs. Charles Engelhard and Mary R. Morgan Gifts and Rogers Fund 1978
Title: Community Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Description:
Wood copper brass iron fiber snakeskin leather fur feathers mud resin, Songye peoples.
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