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{
    "localId": "12693",
    "label": "Prayer Nut Pendant",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.132"
}

{
    "id": "12693",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.132",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Prayer Nut Pendant",
    "description": "The wonder of the carving lies in the artist's ability to work on such an incredibly tiny scale. The inscription around the interior edge identifies the scenes as the Crucifixion and Resurrection.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1500-1525 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.132",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Wood",
        "beads (pierced objects)",
        "rosary beads",
        "prayer nuts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.132_Closd_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.132_Closd_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_61.132_Closd_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/8 × W: 1 15/16 × Hinge to clasp D: 2; Length when open: 3 7/8 in. (4.8 × 4.9 × 5.1 × 9.8 cm)"
}

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    "med": "boxwood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "34249"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3071",
        "3310"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_61.132_OpnExt_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6cdebe269cf1fd9a"
}