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    "localId": "95234",
    "label": "Knife",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "95234",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Knife",
    "date": "before 1916",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1017",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1017/1916.1017_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Blade: 31.3 cm (12 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo or Central African Republic, unidentified maker"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1017"
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    "tec": "Iron and copper",
    "tombstone": "Knife, before 1916. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo or Central African Republic, unidentified maker. Iron and copper; overall: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); blade: 31.3 cm (12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.1017",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1017",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:05:54.739000",
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    "sourceId": 95234,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Iron and copper",
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}

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