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Figure: Standing Male (Nkiba)
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Wood cloth encrustation sacrificial material, Teke peoples Fumu group or Kongo peoples Bembe group
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Purchase Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift 1963
Title: Figure: Standing Male (Nkiba)
Description:
Wood cloth encrustation sacrificial material, Teke peoples Fumu group or Kongo peoples Bembe group.
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