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A Sinhalese great black devil sitting on a black cow or ox, eating an elephant's head. Gouache painting by an Sri Lankan artist.
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A Sinhalese great black devil sitting on a black cow or ox, eating an elephant's head. Gouache painting by an Sri Lankan artist.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The great black devil who is one of the foreign devils.

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