Wooden carving of a dancing goddess made from dark wood on a base and set within a frame. She has four arms, with attributes in the upper two. She is flanked by two smaller figures, a male with hands clasped together at the chest and a female with left hand on her thigh and the other holding an object. With metal screw eye and string fixing on the reverse.
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