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Boho na bwete (face of the ancestor)

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Wood copper alloy sheet copper alloy sheet-wire filaments copper-alloy wire iron and copper-alloy nails, Kota peoples Mahongwe group
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1964
Title: Boho na bwete (face of the ancestor)
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Wood copper alloy sheet copper alloy sheet-wire filaments copper-alloy wire iron and copper-alloy nails, Kota peoples Mahongwe group.

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