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Detail of the Vessel of friendship, a gold model of a Chinese ship
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BRAZILIAN

Balaganda

1900-70

RCIN 70073

Modern version of a balangandã, a selection of trinkets historically brought to Brazil by enslaved Africans and believed to hold talismanic properties.
From President Artur da Costa e Silva, 1968

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