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    "localId": "166570",
    "label": "Vessel with Pudu",
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    "id": "166570",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Vessel with Pudu",
    "description": "This bound pudu—a small reddish deer indigenous to the Andes—lies atop a chamber with fanged supernatural heads incised on the sides. The animal may represent a sacrificial offering.",
    "date": "500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.33",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2008.33/2008.33_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 17.8 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm (7 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Central Andes, North Coast, Chongoyape, Formative period"
    ],
    "accession": "2008.33"
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    "tombstone": "Vessel with Pudu, 500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE). Central Andes, North Coast, Chongoyape, Formative period. Ceramic; overall: 17.8 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm (7 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, 2008.33",
    "collection": "AA - Andes",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Simmons, Lisa, and Sue Bergh. \"A South American Bestiary.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>48, no. 9 (November 2008): 5-7.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5-7",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2008-09/page/n3/mode/2up"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.33",
    "creditline": "The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:36:08.048000",
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    "sourceId": 166570,
    "dept": "Art of the Americas",
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