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Protective Pendant

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Protective Pendant

Lower Niger Valley caster

Date: 15th–19th century
Type: Pendant
Medium: Copper alloy
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Culture: Lower Niger Bronze Industry
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1979.206.301
Credit: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

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