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Is “Temple Dancer” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Temple Dancer” 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	Temple Dancer
Date	18th century 18th century
Medium	Ivory
Classification	Ivories
Origin	Sri Lanka, Kandy region Sri Lanka
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, Gift in memory of Else and Ernest Stadler from their children, 2019
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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