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Head Crest (Ngamdak)

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Wood pigment abrus seeds fiber, Ham or Koro peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Eli Ballan 1978
Title: Head Crest (Ngamdak)
Description:
Wood pigment abrus seeds fiber, Ham or Koro peoples.

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