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Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon Mahishasura

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Gilt copper alloy inlaid with semiprecious stones, Nepal
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Alice and Nasli M. Heeramaneck 1986
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Title: Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon Mahishasura
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Gilt copper alloy inlaid with semiprecious stones, Nepal.

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