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"citation": "Davis, Richard H. \u201cWooden Flowers in the Museum: Reflections on a Decorated Nataraja.\u201d Orientations 33, no. 9 (November 2002): 54\u201361.",
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"citation": "Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, Ira\u0304 Na\u0304kaca\u0304mi, and Karen Pechilis. The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002.",
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"citation": "Branfoot, Crispin. \"Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India.\" Arts of Asia Vol. 36, No. 6 (November/December 2006): 61\u201371.",
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