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    "localId": "1919",
    "label": "Double-Headed Snake Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1538"
}

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    "id": "1919",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1538",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Double-Headed Snake Ring",
    "description": "The gold ring has a serpent's head at each end of the hoop, the heads turned back against their necks. Skin and details of the heads are crudely indicated by short strokes and cross-hatching.",
    "provenance": "Michel Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st century CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1538",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "finger rings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_57.1538_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.7,
            "height": 2.5,
            "depth": 2.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/16 × W: 1 × D: 1 in. (3.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
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