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Close-up photograph of two ornate silver ceremonial staffs or finials, one with a spiral-fluted shaft and stacked bulbous knobs topped by a carved crown-like head, the other with a diamond-patterned shaft and a pot-shaped finial with a small figure at its crown. Soft purple-pink lighting falls on the metal, and a blurred dark background with a grey-clad figure at the right edge. No person is clearly visible. Ritual silverwork.

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