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Title: Puppet (Si Gale-gale)
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography: Indonesia, Sumatra
Culture: Toba Batak people
Medium: Wood, cloth, metal, pigment, lead, iron
Dimensions: H. 21 1/2 × W. 17 × D. 11 in. (54.6 × 43.2 × 27.9 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Fred and Rita Richman, 1988
Object Number: 1988.143.47
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