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A life-sized female figure, apparently a statue or mannequin rather than a living person, stands in profile against a turquoise blue backdrop inside a decorated display. She wears a black head covering topped with a gold and white beaded crown set with red stones, a long white jasmine garland hangs down her long black hair, and she has red lipstick and a dark bindi. Her purple sari has gold brocade patterns and she wears layered gold and beaded necklaces, drop earrings and bangles. Her right hand is raised with red henna-style designs, and string lights with red and green bulbs are wound around a brown textured backdrop. A dark pointed feather-like ornament stands near her hand. The scene looks like a festival tableau during Navaratri.

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Blue backdrop, small red and green fairy lights and a textured rock-like background surround the figure. No physical people are visible.2009-10-10A photograph of a decorated deity murti of a goddess seated against a rocky, textured backdrop with a blue wall and string lights. The murti wears a red and gold sari with gold embroidery, a jeweled gold crown with a black cloth beneath it, a gold nose ring, layered gold necklaces and bangles, and a white jasmine garland draped over one shoulder. It holds a bundle of pale pink stalks upright in its hands, with pink and magenta decorative weapon-like forms and yellow flowers around it. No physical people are visible.2009-10-10A close photograph of a decorated deity murti, a painted figure with a long dark hair falling over its shoulders, wearing an ornate gold crown studded with blue and green gems and pink floral motifs. It has a red bindi, a nose ring, jewelled earrings, and a bright red lip painting. 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