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{
    "localId": "95937",
    "label": "Knife",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "95937",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Knife",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1661",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79478227"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1661/1916.1661_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1661/1916.1661_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); Blade: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.); Across top: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1661"
}

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    "tec": "steel blade, groove horn handle with sunken silver bands",
    "tombstone": "Knife, 1700s. Spain. Steel blade, groove horn handle with sunken silver bands; overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); blade: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.); across top: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1661",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 228, I51",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n321"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1661",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:09:42.695000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1661/1916.1661_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95937,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel blade, groove horn handle with sunken silver bands",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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