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Bwami society mukuba wa bifungo headdress
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Plant fiber glass buttons glass? plastic?, Lega peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY
Title: Bwami society mukuba wa bifungo headdress
Description:
Plant fiber glass buttons glass? plastic?, Lega peoples.
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