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Initiation Gourd: Female Half Figure (Kabwelulu)
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Wood kaolin cowrie shells straw fiber metal gourd, Luba peoples
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Roda and Gilbert Graham 1992
Title: Initiation Gourd: Female Half Figure (Kabwelulu)
Description:
Wood kaolin cowrie shells straw fiber metal gourd, Luba peoples.
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