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Kpoikpoi (prestige hanging)

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Cotton dye, Mende or Vai peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase William B. Goldstein and Holly and David Ross Gifts 2013
Title: Kpoikpoi (prestige hanging)
Description:
Cotton dye, Mende or Vai peoples.

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