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designed for production rather than display; by placing thin sheets of foil against the scenes and hammering or otherwise applying pressure from the back, identical images could be quickly mass-produced. The resulting
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are four cast bronze dies found in the
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embodying the wolf-warriors led in ecstatic dance by the god of frenzy.
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