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Art Hut daily sketch – lifting a cattle jawbone

Monday, July 6, 2020 (3:25 PM)

Lifting a cattle jaw bone in Structure Twenty-Six. 2018. (Karen Wallis)

Lifting a cattle jawbone in Structure Twenty-Six. 2018. (Karen Wallis)

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