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    "localId": "94943",
    "label": "Elephant Prod (?)",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "94943",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Elephant Prod (?)",
    "date": "early 1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.498",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.498/1915.498_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.498/1915.498_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, Central Africa, Angola, unknown maker"
    ],
    "accession": "1915.498"
}

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    "tec": "Wood, wire, upholstery studs, and metal",
    "tombstone": "Elephant Prod (?), early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Angola, unknown maker. Wood, wire, upholstery studs, and metal; overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1915.498",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "didYouKnow": "In the early twentieth century, museums often collected objects from Africa for their ethnographic––not artistic––value, which is why this tool is in the CMA's collection.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.498",
    "creditline": "Educational Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:03:38.191000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.498/1915.498_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 94943,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Wood, wire, upholstery studs, and metal",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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