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Commemorative figure

Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" (ca. 1810-1870, Kateba region, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Democratic Republic of Congo

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Commemorative figure, Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" (ca. 1810-1870, Kateba region, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Wood, Hemba peoples

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Commemorative figure, Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the
Commemorative figure, Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the
Commemorative figure, Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the
Commemorative figure, Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the

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