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    "localId": "95240",
    "label": "Knife",
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    "id": "95240",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Knife",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1020",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1020/1916.1020_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Blade: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Scabbard: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Knife including handle: 40.7 cm (16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, unknown maker"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.102"
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    "tec": "Steel, leather or rawhide, and horn",
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    "collection": "African Art",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1020",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:00.125000",
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    "sourceId": 95240,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Steel, leather or rawhide, and horn",
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