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Zoomorphic headrest
View through The Met
Wood, Nguni peoples
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Andrea Bollt Bequest in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr. 2018
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