Igbo Ukwu

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Ornate leaded bronze staff head from Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria, featuring intricate openwork patterns and loops adorned with colored glass and stone beads, displayed on a stand.

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Ornate leaded bronze staff head from Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria, featuring intricate openwork patterns and loops adorned with colored glass and stone beads, displayed on a stand.

Leaded bronze ceremonial object, thought to have been the head of a staff, decorated with colored beads of glass and stone, 9th century, from Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria

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