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Scepter
Not on view
In addition to gold, ivory was a precious regional material that was avidly sought by commercial networks of exchange. This scepter, at once imposing and elegant, may be among the earliest artifacts traded along the coast and out of the region to enter a European princely collection. The abstract form of the finial has been likened to the summit of a fly whisk.
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