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    "localId": "111436",
    "label": "Woman’s Two-Piece Dress (Biil’éé)",
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    "id": "111436",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Woman’s Two-Piece Dress (Biil’éé)",
    "description": "According to D. Y. Begay, the contemporary Diné (Navajo) weaver, every Diné woman should own a <em>bill’éé</em> (dress), which holds spiritual power, confers protection, encodes stories about the aesthetic of Diné culture, and ensures her place in society. This example is made of two matching panels attached on the sides and shoulders, a type that developed from single-panel dresses in the late 1700s. Originally gathered at the waist with a woven belt, the dresses also can be cinched with silver <em>concha </em>belts of Diné creation. Today, the bill’éé continues to respond to fashion trends and is worn on special occasions.",
    "date": "c. 1880–85",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.921",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80003591"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.921/1929.921_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.921/1929.921_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.921/1929.921_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 145 x 99 cm (57 1/16 x 39 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo)"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.921"
}

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    "tec": "Wool: tapestry weave",
    "tombstone": "Woman’s Two-Piece Dress (Biil’éé), c. 1880–85. Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo). Wool: tapestry weave; overall: 145 x 99 cm (57 1/16 x 39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1929.921",
    "collection": "T - Native North American",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Bergh, Susan E., \"Unburied Treasure\", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 45 no. 10, December 2005",
            "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced; p. 5",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2005-10/page/4/"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.921",
    "creditline": "Educational Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:53:55.931000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.921/1929.921_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 111436,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Native North American",
    "med": "Wool: tapestry weave",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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