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Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)
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Wood copper alloy palm oil, Okak-Fang peoples
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The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1965
Title: Eyema byeri (reliquary guardian figure)
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Wood copper alloy palm oil, Okak-Fang peoples.
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