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A keyboard instrument resembling a piano. Text and ornamentation are visible on the inside of its raised lid and on the surfaces above the keyboard itself. The instrument has elaborately carved legs.

Exhibition Ornament

September 26, 2023 – February 18, 2024
Five books stacked horizontally with the spine facing outward. A book with a dark brown cover with the title is framed by a rope-like pattern rests upright atop the stack.

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A sculpture shaped like a human figure with arms akimbo. The figure wears knee-high boots and elbow-length gloves, as well as a cuff on their right shoulder and a mask over the upper part of their face.

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