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Si gale-gale (puppet head)
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Wood copper alloy lead alloy water buffalo horn paint, Toba Batak artist(s)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Fred and Rita Richman 1987
Title: Si gale-gale (puppet head)
Description:
Wood copper alloy lead alloy water buffalo horn paint, Toba Batak artist(s).
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