Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Staff Finial: Male Grasping Bottle
Not on view
In Kongo society the use of costly ivory harnessed from the powerful elephant underscored a patron’s might and affluence.
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