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Bwanga (power object)

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Wood horn seeds cowrie shells shotgun shells teeth metal fiber pigment tar(?), Luluwa peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1979
Title: Bwanga (power object)
Description:
Wood horn seeds cowrie shells shotgun shells teeth metal fiber pigment tar(?), Luluwa peoples.

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