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                "citation": "Roberts, Allen F. Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Museum for African Art, New York: The Museum for African Art; Prestel-Verlag, 1995: 115, fig. 20.",
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