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Is “Shield (Dhàl)” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Shield (Dhàl)” 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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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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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	Shield (Dhàl)
Date	about 1750 18th century
Medium	Leather, lacquer, iron, silver, textile
Classification	Shields
Origin	Indian, Bengal Indian
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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