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Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
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Wood camwood powder beads blueing indigo, Yoruba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of F. Peter Rose 1981
Title: Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
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Wood camwood powder beads blueing indigo, Yoruba peoples.
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