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    "localId": "148740",
    "label": "Comb",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
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    "id": "148740",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Comb",
    "description": "Several combs demonstrate a diversity of form and treatment. One (1976.180), a vigorously carved work showing a powerful drummer in performance, is an excellent example of Chokwe artistry meant for female patrons.",
    "date": "c. 1910",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.180",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Tools and Equipment"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.180/1976.180_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Chokwe, 20th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1976.18"
}

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    "tec": "Wood",
    "tombstone": "Comb, c. 1910. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Chokwe, 20th century. Wood; overall: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1976.180",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "785.68"
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 244."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.180",
    "creditline": "Gift of Katherine C. White",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:38:20.414000",
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    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Wood",
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