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Funerary figure, kunderek, circa 1930
South Asia, Chitral, Bomboret Valley
Wood

Donor unrecorded
Museum number 9999-1200

Little information has been recorded about this striking carving which appears to show a high status figure on a 'throne'.

Funerary figure, 'kunderek'
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