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Si gale gale (puppet head)
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Wood brass lead water buffalo horn paint, Toba Batak
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)
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Wood brass lead water buffalo horn paint, Toba Batak.
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