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Image Not Available for Iron sculpture depicting a snake with a double head
Iron sculpture depicting a snake with a double head
Image Not Available for Iron sculpture depicting a snake with a double head
Object Number 2023.18.36
Display Title Iron sculpture depicting a snake with a double head
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Africa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Iron
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Alessandra Piontelli, MD, 2023

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