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    "localId": "111411",
    "label": "Wall Hanging (msimsim)",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "111411",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Wall Hanging (msimsim)",
    "description": "Woven silk <em>msimsim</em> wall hangings are made in the Moroccan city of Tétouan, and gifted by a groom to his bride. It is composed of both compound tabby and double tabby weave. Now highly damaged and missing much of its threads, this textile would be placed over a doorway within the new home. Its traditional design is a double-sided gridded brocade (raised woven pattern), navy on one side, crimson on the other.",
    "date": "1600s–1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.908",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80003523"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.908/1929.908_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.908/1929.908_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.908/1929.908_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 107.2 x 71.5 cm (42 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.908"
}

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    "tec": "silk",
    "tombstone": "Wall Hanging (msimsim), 1600s–1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Moroccan weaver. Silk; average: 107.2 x 71.5 cm (42 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of H. A. Elsberg, 1929.908",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "relatedWorks": [
        {
            "id": 163075,
            "description": "Wall Hanging (msimsim), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Morocco, Tétouan, Moroccan weaver(s). Silk, dye; overall: 314.9 x 62.5 cm (124 x 24 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Art Alliance, 2003.86"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.908",
    "creditline": "Gift of H. A. Elsberg",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:53:50.482000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.908/1929.908_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 111411,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "silk",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.908/1929.908_web.jpg",
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