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Joueur de balafon (Balafon Player)

ca. 1900
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Joueur de balafon (Balafon Player)
  • Date: ca. 1900
  • Geography: Senegal, Dakar
  • Medium: Paper
  • Classifications: Postcards, Paper
  • Credit Line: Visual Resource Archive, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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