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{
    "localId": "26020",
    "label": "Bust of a Woman",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.625"
}

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    "id": "26020",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.625",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bust of a Woman",
    "description": "The pin itself has broken off and all that remains is the elaborate pinhead: a scallop shell, an orb, and the bust of a woman. The hairstyle of the woman is that favored by Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Septimius Severus, and this is possibly a representation of the empress herself. Elaborate bone pins were common, their heads frequently in the form of miniature Aphrodites or female heads, as here.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 2nd-3rd century CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.625",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "pins (jewelry)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.625_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.625_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "med": "bone",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_71.625_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cbccaefc18c5ca3f"
}