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A small carved stone statue of a seated deity playing a stringed instrument. The brown stone figure has white-inlaid incised patterns on the crown, necklace, arms, lower garment and base. One hand plucks the long veena, and a second arm rests on the instrument's gourd. A decorative geometric base supports the figure. The statue is a murti, not a person, and no a person depiction is visible.

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