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An Enfant Terrible – Dewi Uma by I Made Polih
Dewi Uma and Batara Kala, by I Made Polih, 1950s or 1960s, 55 cm, private collection This sculpture of fairly large dimensions (55 cm high) is signed by I Made Polih and was created between 1950 and 1974. The wood is probably panggal buaya (also known as crocodile wood). According to the information available to me, it long belonged to an American teacher who lived and worked in Bali. The sculpture is representative of I Made Polih’s talent, employing here the elongated styl
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