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{
    "localId": "97026",
    "label": "Powder Flask",
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    "id": "97026",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Powder Flask",
    "date": "c. 1575–1625",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.674",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Arms and Armor"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.674/1916.674_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 18.4 x 15.8 cm (7 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, late 16th-early 17th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.674"
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    "tec": "horn (two branches); engraved allegorical scenes (unidentified); mounts missing",
    "tombstone": "Powder Flask, c. 1575–1625. Germany, late 16th-early 17th century. Horn (two branches); engraved allegorical scenes (unidentified); mounts missing; overall: 18.4 x 15.8 cm (7 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.674",
    "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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mention: p. 154, F32",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n226"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "p. 175, cat. no. 251"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "p. 195, cat. no. 253"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.674",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:13:33.808000",
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    "sourceId": 97026,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "horn (two branches); engraved allegorical scenes (unidentified); mounts missing",
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    "image_url": null
}

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