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A cartoon of indigenous people sitting in a circle in front of a wooden statue put on a pedestal. The one in the center points to the statue behind him, saying "It's going to be a difficult decision. On the one hand, he is our ancestral god. On the other hand, the Museum of Primitive Art, in New York, has offered a whopping good price for him."

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Creator
The New Yorker
Date
February 9, 1963
Repository
Rockefeller Archive Center

A cartoon featured in The New Yorker. Caption accompanying cartoon: “It’s going to be a difficult decision. On the one hand, he is our ancestral god. On the other hand, the Museum of Primitive Art, in New York, has offered a whopping good price for him.”

Museums – Museum of Primitive Art, 15 West 54th Street – General, 1956-1972. Nelson A. Rockefeller personal papers; Projects – Series L; Rockefeller Archive Center.

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