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Ivory wood or coconut shell inlay, Yoruba peoples Owo group
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls 1991
Title: Vessel
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Ivory wood or coconut shell inlay, Yoruba peoples Owo group.

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