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    "localId": "111409",
    "label": "Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe",
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    "id": "111409",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe",
    "date": "1200s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.906",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain, probably Almeria"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.906"
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    "tec": "Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft, silk and silver thread",
    "tombstone": "Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe, 1200s. Spain, probably Almeria. Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft, silk and silver thread; average: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.906",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "band of Naskhi inscription of red on silver which reads: \"Praise be to God.\""
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P 184, fig. 5.14"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:53:52.137000",
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    "sourceId": 111409,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft, silk and silver thread",
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}

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