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Demons on an Elephant with Nan Brah Dharani, the Earth Goddess, Wringing Water from Her Hair
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Bronze, Angkor period, Thailand or Cambodia
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation 1997
Title: Demons on an Elephant with Nan Brah Dharani, the Earth Goddess, Wringing Water from Her Hair
Description:
Bronze, Angkor period, Thailand or Cambodia.
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