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Nkiba or butti ancestor figure
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Wood (ngasu or mulong) cloth organic matter, 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: Nkiba or butti ancestor figure
Description:
Wood (ngasu or mulong) cloth organic matter, Teke peoples Fumu group or Kongo peoples Bembe group.
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