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Is “Ritual staff” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Ritual staff” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Where is “Ritual staff” from?

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Can I use “Ritual staff” commercially for free?

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Ritual staff
Medium	Iron damascened with gold and silver
Classification	Metalwork
Origin	China China
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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