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Wanyugo (helmet mask with two faces)

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Wood pigment, Senufo peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1964
Title: Wanyugo (helmet mask with two faces)
Description:
Wood pigment, Senufo peoples.

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