About The Photograph
This is a close-up view of a lion's head used in lion dance performances. It is placed on a red paper with Chinese characters on them, written in gold. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007
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