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Power Figure: Seated Female (Nkisi)
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Wood cloth iron snakeskin, Kusu peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Purchase Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift and Anonymous Gifts in memory of Vera de Vries 1967
Title: Power Figure: Seated Female (Nkisi)
Description:
Wood cloth iron snakeskin, Kusu peoples.
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