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Head of Lokeshvara

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Stone, Angkor period, Cambodia
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mary Kennedy in memory of her mother Josephine McMahon Kennedy and her brother James J. Kennedy 1978
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Title: Head of Lokeshvara
Description:
Stone, Angkor period, Cambodia.

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