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Woman Feeding Deer: Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman wearing a brown and gold sari, bare midriff, jewelry on her neck, earrings, nose and wrists, holding a decorated stick; dark hair in a low bun adorned with gold; woman is feeding several light brown deer; standing on sand surrounded by low grass; background includes a line of trees with green foliage; blue sky behind trees with a brown and gold sunburst; a body of water with lily pads and pink flowers at bottom right; writing in a foreign language on a yellow banner at the top.

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738 × 900 px
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